PHP,HTML and the best way to link the code together

Bob_PHP_Builder

Hi all,

Firstly i would like to thank all those that have helped me in the past. And all those who answer posts, the forums here are really valuable for guys like me.

My question is:

Previously i had all my code php and html in two files. These files are massize, and really difficult to follow. Now i have seperated all the HTML pages into a folder and all the php functions into a different folder (about 20 html pages, 50 php functions), my problem is that to link the html to the php and then php tp php ive been using the include 'http://www.mysite.com/phpfolder/phpcodefile.php '; for PHP and the same thing for HTML.
ive found this very slow even with small functions, such as logging in.
in the past all the functions were in the same file and i was using a standard call to the function which was easy to open and close.

I really need some advice, in the past ive been told seperating code into unique files doesn't make a difference in speed? Am i doing something wrong? i would be grateful for an example.

Regards,
BOB

NogDog

I am not sure how much of a difference it would make, but I would recommend including by file system pathnames rather than by URLs. This will then access the files directly via the OS file system rather than via the the local web server. In other words, do something like this instead of using the "http:...." file specification:

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/phpfolder/phpcodefile.php';

Weedpacket

NogDog wrote:
I am not sure how much of a difference it would make

It would make quite a big difference. Instead of PHP loading and executing the file itself it:

Opens a connection to the host specified in the URL, which
may require a DNS lookup in order to identify the IP address that corresponds to the domain name
Constructs an HTTP GET request for the resource in question, then
sends it over the connection to the host, which
probably starts a new instance of whatever it handles requests with, which
passes the request on to PHP, which
Loads the file specified and executes it
sends the resulting output back to the server, which
sends an HTTP response along the connection back to the original script that included it in the first place.

The line in bold is what happens if the file is included directly.