> Curious about "include_once" versus "include". > > All my connection stuff is in "conn.php3". > > I am planning on including it at the top of the page like this: > include_once "conn.php3"; > > Now will that speed things up compared to just using a plain "include". I > call $connectionSDWIS(which is in the include) 5 different times? IMHO the 'speed' difference between include and include_once will be slight, probably with include_once being slower because of the overhead needed to keep track of which files have been included already. But this isn't really what the question is about. include and include_once will not magically optimize the code for you, but if you include the same file 20 times that will be more that has to be parsed needlessly, so if you can't keep track of your includes or if including a particular file more than once will alter the result, than use include_once. Another alternative is to use require() or require_once() to make sure that the file is included. Just my $.02, Eric -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
