Clean & Organized

[IDontKnow]

On one page, I plan to run:

An update script -- to update database of preferences
A count script -- to count the number of downloads by user and insert each file in the database
A search script-- search the database
An upload script-- search the database
etc...

In and of themselves, they are simple, but the coding is getting kind of jumbled in notepad and I am making stupid mistakes. I am also planning to add more user functions as I get them done.

How do you all handle something like this? Do you use include and do each script on it's own file? And if you do this, is there a specific order? Meaning, if I have an include that has all the session variables, that would have to come before the upload include -- correct?

I hope this makes sense, and would really like some input on how you all keep everything clean and organized.

Thanks,

Mada

[andrewkimb]

Depending on the magnitude of the project, I have used a switch statement and a common variable to call all options or for larger projects, have used includes. I find that working with includes is better since I tend to make each include smaller and easier to debug, etc. My stats script at http://www.andrewkimball.com uses includes whereas the smaller script leecher uses a mix.