will large size php affect the speed?

bluemangroup

my script consists of 2 files.

index.php is under 100 lines.

lib.php consists of ALL functions that will be included in index.php. lib.php currently has about 1300 lines and still growing to approx 5000 lines.

Will the large size lib.php slow down the script?

thanks

bpat1434

The script size won't slow it down too much. But the execution of functions and the interpretation of the scripts will. If you optimize your code, it shouldn't be an issue.

One thing to think about is does your index.php really need all those functions all the time? If not, break apart the lib.php into sections and include only those that you need. That will help speed it up.

Weedpacket

bpat1434 wrote:
That will help speed it up.

It would also make maintenance a lot easier, too.

1300 lines isn't a lot, and 5000 isn't a problem to PHP either. The question though, is whether it's a problem to you: one of the most important qualities that source code can have is that it is human-readable. That's why it exists; otherwise we'd all be writing machine code.