Re: [PHP4BETA] quick wishlist...

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). That's pretty much what it's about. An autoprepend file could be used to mimic the onSessionStart() function. I can't think of anyway to mimic the onApplicationStart() or onSessionEnd(). I have never seen a use for onApplicationEnd() or even found out when it gets called. :) I'm fairly new to PHP so I may have missed a way to achieve these results. My main concern, having had to suffer ASP & VBScript for a while is the namespace clutter with PHP -- post vars, get vars, cookies & environment all in the same namespace seems very cluttered to me. :-) Plus each different capability has it's own functions all in the same namespace rather than having an OO or module approach where you reference specific capabilities through their object or module reference. Just my $0.02. Derek -- Derek Harding CTO Innovyx http://www.innovyx.com/~derek/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon of squabble. -- Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad