Re: [PHP4BETA] "Application" variables

But that's what I am trying to avoid. I only want to go the database when I have to update the structure. On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Jason Brooke wrote: > > 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 > >