On 15 September 2010 14:46, Peter van der Does <pvanderdoes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > How do you people store data that doesn't change, an example of this > would be the version number of your software. You might want to use it > through out your program but how to you store it? > > As far as I can see there are several options to use this data. > 1. Global Variable > 2. Store it in a registry class > 3. Store it in a named constant. > 4. Use a function that will return the data (kind of like a regsitry > class but it's not a class) > > Personally I don't like option 1 but what about the other options. Is > any of them faster then the others. What other pros and cons are there. > 3. Constant, as long as you're dealing with scalars. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 Twitter: http://twitter.com/kafe15 </hype> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
