SESSION vs INCLUDE

[itaym02]

Greetings people.

I have a configuration file (Holds lots of define() commands).
I wonder what will be faster/more logical to do:
1. put it in a *php file and include it in each script in the site.
2. Put those values in the SESSION once when you enter to the site.

I am well aware the SESSION is also some kind of include which happens each time the session_start() function is activated.

thanks for any enlightenment.

[NogDog]

I suspect the speed difference would be small enough that I would base my own decision on which method I found easier to work with and to maintain. (Both methods read the data from the file system, so it's not as if you're comparing file reads to memory reads.)

[Weedpacket]

Plus there's the fact that there would only be one included file, but as many session files as there are current sessions.

[bradgrafelman]

Weedpacket wrote:

... but as many session files as there are current sessions.

Which, if garbage cleanup is set with a very low probability ratio, can be a LOT of session files.

[itaym02]

thanks