Re: [PHP4BETA] quick wishlist...

You're right. You may add session variables or cached SQL queries from under the global.asa. Brian Lakstins wrote: > I think there might be a misconception about the use of the global.asa file. As I understand > it (and Micro$oft may > explain it differently), the global.asa file is for running four subroutines that are event > driven. The four events > are: > > 1. The start of the Application (the first time a request is made for a document in that > directory (or one of it's > subdirectories) after the web server has been started). > 2. The end of the Application (when the web server shuts down). > 3. The start of a new Session (when a request is made for a document in that directory (or one > of it's subdirectories) > by a browser who has not been given a session cookie yet) > 4. The end of a session (after no requests have been made for documents in that directory (or > one of it's > subdirectories) by a browser with a certain session cookie for a specified period of time). > > Forgive me, because I really don't know too much about programming or PHP, but that is my > understanding of the > functionality of the global.asa file. Is there a similar functionality available in PHP4? > > Brian Lakstins > > On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, rfeather wrote: > > No. A global.asa file is a text file that ASP looks for when it goes into a > > directory. If it's there, it will load the values in memory (e.g., a > > connection string, session variables, SQL queries). This means you don't need > > to use include files. > > > > David Norris wrote: > > > ,David Norris > > > > > > World Wide Web - > > > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1652/ > > > Home Computer - http://illusionary.tzo.cc/ > > > Page via mail - 412039@pager.mirabilis.com > > > ICQ Universal Internet Number - 412039 > > > E-Mail - kg9ae@geocities.com > > -- > PHP 4 Beta