[RESOLVED] a general question about using classes ...

steamPunk

I'm gradually converting my existing code over to classes and I was wondering about the best way to include the necessary classes in each page

basically, is it good/bad/indifferent to include a file in the top of all the pages that will, in turn, include all the classes for the entire site even if they're not used in that page ? Would this use way too much memory ?

or is it better to just include the classes required for each page ?

thanks for your opinion on this

laserlight

Something like this was asked not too long ago: Modular Development, Reusable code & Project Organization in PHP.

steamPunk

aha - that looks very interesting !

however, the hosting company are currently running PHP 5.2.9 so I may not be able to use autoloading - they should be upgrading to PHP 6.0 soon, though

thanks 🙂

laserlight

steamPunk wrote:
however, the hosting company are currently running PHP 5.2.9 so I may not be able to use autoloading

Autoloading is a PHP 5 feature.

Weedpacket

steamPunk wrote:
they should be upgrading to PHP 6.0 soon, though

They should probably at least wait until PHP 6 is released.

steamPunk

Weedpacket;10910970 wrote:
They should probably at least wait until PHP 6 is released.

lol, in their "how-to" guides they say that PHP 6.0 is already available for some of their hosting packages !! Maybe they're just doing some forward/wishful thinking ...

steamPunk

laserlight;10910961 wrote:
Autoloading is a PHP 5 feature.

I misread the first post in that other thread .... oops !