On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 08:56 +0100, news_yodpeirs@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I got different portions of code only used for certain purposes (who don't
> ;-)?). But what, in your opinion (better: in your experience) would be the
> best regarding script-performance: Putting each code-portion in a separate
> file and include it if required, putting it in a constant-dependent
> if-structure (if (defined('FOO') && FOO) {class foo{}; function foo(); ...})
> or simply let it be parsed every time?
>
> My first choice is using separate files, but if a file e.g. only contains 20
> lines, I fear it would take much longer to include the file against simply
> parsing these lines in the existing file. And as parsing is done really
> fast, there might be no real performance-loss in case of not using the
> mentioned code. With the constant-dependent if-structure I don't know if
> there are any performance-benefits if FOO isn't defined or defined as FALSE.
>
> Looks for me a bit like a philosophical question, but maybe you have
> something to say about it nevertheless. A good thing for me would be
> something like: up to 125 lines of code you get an adequate performance with
> simply parsing it every time, with more than 125 lines you would get a
> better performance with using separate files - just kidding, surely the
> number of lines in this case is 42 ;-).
Install a compile cache like eaccelerator or APC. keep your code
organized, that usually means use multiple files for the code.
Cheers,
Rob.
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