Posted by shimmyshack on 09/07/07 20:19

On Sep 7, 8:44 am, eliran <elira...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 8:10 pm, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>
>
> > .oO(eliran)
>
> > >I just wonder if in PHP there is some feature of internal database,
> > >ofcourse with lock features to get/set data something like:
> > >lock var1
> > >$GLOBALS("var1")=varValue1
> > >unlock var1
> > >and on next request I can use the varValue1 like:
> > >varValue1=$GLOBALS("var1")
>
> > >is it hard to get ?
>
> > >to use external files ,it's really not a resonable solution
>
> > Why not? You have to keep the data somewhere. A file is one way for
> > doing that. A database and shared memory (if available) are others.
>
> > Micha
>
> why PHP doesn't have some wrapper for keeping data
> in the syntax I mentioned above like:
> $GLOBALS("var1")=varValue1
> so it will be kept as 'DataBase' for next request ?
> so if it's a data base (memory or disk save)make:
> ^$GLOBALS("var1")=varValue1 ; (with additional tag for 'disk')
> no more
> all the odbc,or flat file interfaces are not fast enough.
> if I need to keep only some string or array elements.
>
> EL

you havent tried sessions with large amounts of data obviously.
however a database is usually a flat file - with locking!!
you can use memory but if the buck stops with you on a mission
critical enterprise site give me a db over volatile memory everytime.
the disk access on a raided scsi is negligible compared to network
latency and rendering of the webpage, and other html flat files.
just give it up and use sessions mate!!

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