[RESOLVED] Include in a Class of funtions?

shawjames

I use a library file that contains my main class and all the functions I use.

class Functions{
// all my functions
}
$db = new Functions;

My library file that has the class of functions is getting fairly large... I think. It is about 350k in one file. I would like to group my functions, and add another level of includes to further breakdown the list.

I was thinking about doing it like this, but my assumption that "include" just drops in the text is not correct:

class Functions {
include('A_Functions.php');
include('B_Functions.php');
include('C_Functions.php');
}

Is there another way to do this?

jgetner

require() or require_once().

shawjames

jgetner;10966533 wrote:
require() or require_once().

require() doesnt work either, same error...

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_REQUIRE, expecting T_FUNCTION

I guess you cannot use include() or require() within a class{}

dagon

do you really need all 350k of functions for every page, i suspect you could sort things out to be a lot more efficent, regardless its not the use of include\require that's the issue its where your tryng to do it inside the class

class Functions {

function include() {
include('A_Functions.php');
include('B_Functions.php');
include('C_Functions.php');
}
}

call include in the constructor if you like, you could also include them out side the class, with out know how they are set up its all a little guess work. other options include useing the OO extend call

shawjames

dagon;10966544 wrote:
do you really need all 350k of functions for every page, i suspect you could sort things out to be a lot more efficent...

Yes, I need to make it more efficient. I am working on that but wanted to break down the function list first to help me see what I need and dont need in each page. My plan was to create a list of sub-function lists and only include the ones needed into the main class.

EXTEND This is the function I need to use, thanks!