When you really NEED a global resource I'm a fan of a registry class. It's
a little slower but not noticeable in most cases.
With a registry you can store all global data in a single, controlled area.
You can also store arrays and resources instead of just strings. One down
side to most registry classes is that it's not truly "constant" data, but
with magic methods you can correct that.
In this class you can store values globally, and once they are set they
can't be easily changed.
myRegistry::get()->test = array('abc','xyz');
myRegistry::get()->test = 1234;
echo myRegistry::get()->test[1]; // should echo 'xyz'
I just typed this up real quick so there may be errors; but if you want to
try it, it should at least give you the just of it.
-------------untested code----------------
class myRegistry {
private $_Data = array();
static private $_Object = null;
static public function get () {
if( !( self::$_Object instanceof self ))
self::$_Object = new self();
return self::$_Object;
}
private function __construct () { }
public function __get ($name) {
if (isset( $this->_Data[$name] ))
return $this->_Data[$name];
return null;
}
public function __set ($name, $value) {
if (isset( $this->_Data[$name] ))
return false;
return $this->_Data[$name] = $value;
}
}
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:50 AM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 8:46 AM -0400 9/15/10, Peter van der Does 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.
>>
>
> Make it's a Constant -- it's simply a Global that doesn't change.
>
> I typically hold such things in a global configuration file that can be
> included when needed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
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