Stut wrote:
> Jochem Maas wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I got different portions of code only used for certain purposes (who
>>> don't ;-)?). But what, in your opinion (better: in your experience)
>>> would be the best regarding script-performance: Putting each
>>> code-portion in a separate file and include it if required, putting
>>> it in a constant-dependent if-structure (if (defined('FOO') && FOO)
>>> {class foo{}; function foo(); ...})
>>
>> defining functions or classes conditionally is not recommended,
>> because it
>> means they can only be defined at runtime and not compile time ...
>> which will
>> kill any op-code caching you might have in place or use in future
>> (e.g. php.net/apc)
>
> I'm not completely sure, but I think you're wrong there. Removing the
> condition in the example above will not affect any opcode caching since
> PHP cannot determine the result of that conditional until runtime.
one of us is reading the other's post incorrectly - I have a feeling we are
both trying to say the same thing.
namely runtime class definitions don't have the same benefit of op-code caching
as compiletime definitions.
or not?
>
> To the OP: You're treading on the dangerous ground of premature
> optimisation. In the grand scheme of things the time taken for PHP to
> compile your scripts is tiny compared to the time it will take to run
> it. And as mentioned there are several ways to cache the compilation
> output which turns that tiny time into a negligible time.
>
> Worry about the structure and maintainability of your app rather than
> thinking about how fast it is. Once you have the app doing something
> useful you can start to think about how to make it do it quickly.
>
> -Stut
>
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