[FX.php List] Memories....MORE

[Dale Bengston]

Forgive me Jonathan, but ew.

How about a file called neat_things.php with functions:

function dothis()
	{
	[...]
	}

function dothat()
	{
	[...]

	}


function dotheother()
	{
	[...]

	}


function logthis()
	{
	[...]

	}


Then you set up your file like this:

include (neat_things.php);

foreach (blah)
	{
	dothis();
	logthis();
	dothat();
	logthis();
	dotheother();
	logthis();
	}

Include once, use many times.

Dale

On May 12, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> More on the question about how memory is used during a script...
> 
> This issue came up as I have created a batch scrip that process multiple records offline.
> 
> I've come to realize that use of includes, as a tool for simplifying a big script, by definition, requires more memory for each iteration of the loop. Here is a simplistic example:
> 
> foreach( blah)
> 	{
> 	include (dothis.php)
> 	include (log.php)
> 	include (dothat.php)
> 	include (log.php')
> 	include (dotheother.php)
> 	include (log.php')
> 	}
> 
> If the includes are changed to include_once, then the includes don't run after the first instance in the loop..
> 
> As is, the script runs, requiring more memory for each iteration of the loop....and will eventually run out of memory.
> 
> Will the same thing happen if I simply remove the includes and dump all the scripts into one big honkin' script?
> 
> What to do?
> 
> Jonathan
> -- 
> Jonathan Schwartz
> Exit 445 Group
> jonathan at exit445.com
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