On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:26:24 +1100, Devraj Mukherjee <lugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The first part of the problem is that I need to be able to at all times > maintain a readable set of objects in memory, I am planning to achieve > that using session variables, but I hear that session variables can > become very inefficient, how true is that? If you store huge variable names then it will be slower than if you store small ones. Same with the session variable values. PHP sessions variables are stored as a semi-colon delimited string of text, with other appropriate seperation characters and descriptions of the variables included. I minimize my session variable names to a single character and document them somewhere for future reference. I make sure and store minimum values for each variable, for example the integer 1 instead of the string 'true' or 'yes', things like that add up. Sessions are as efficient as you make them. Also, PHP doesn't have threads. You can use some of the execution functions to simulate them to some extent however: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
