[ElZorro]

Hi all,
Has anyone got any useful performance comparisons for mod_php using include and require functions.
I am trying to gauge the most effective method of parsing php3 files (ie do I use a monolythic header file or break it up into seperate include modules)

The latter is the most desirable from a flexibility/modularity point of view, but I`m worried about the performance hit of a) checking first whether an include exists and b) parsing the file.

Assuming that the site could reach over a hundred thousand hits in a day.

Obviously serious caching requirements are necessary....but is PHP a viable option at all for this kind of punishment?

Cheers,

Joe Fox

[the_ocelot]

I was wondering about the same thing. I was thinking of using the includes to form a sort of template system. Do PHP includes cause a significant performance hit, or will the web server cache them?

Thanks for any insight you folks might have,

The Ocelot



[This message has been edited by the_ocelot (edited June 30, 2000).]