Re: [PHP4BETA] "Application" variables

Sounds like a good task for a database jason > Hi there. I have written a messageboard in PHP and, using tables and > images, draw out all the threads for a given topic. However, the > recursive function calls (and therefore exponential database queries) take > alot of processor cycles, etc. I have also implemented this board in Cold > Fusion which is where I first noticed the slowdown. SO...instead of doing > n queries, i am doing 1 query where I retreive all of the messsages and > store them into two CF "structs" (basically just associative arrays) and > store them in Application variables. I am not sure how global a term that > is, but basically its just memory that is persistant not across a given > request or session, but across the application, so that multiple clients > share the same data. I guess my question is (finally) is there a similar > metaphor in PHP that will allow me to store this information in memory and > make it accessible serverwide rather than just session-wide? > > Sean