Posted by Rik Wasmus on 09/08/07 18:49

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:33:44 +0200, Mikhail Kovalev =

<mikhail_kovalev@mail.ru> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a file which is to be included in another script and which
> takes several seconds to load(!), and which is actually not always
> used by the script, so instead of using include or include_once in the=

> beginning, i'm using include_once() within a function, which is called=

> on demand...
> The problem is the new data has the scope of the function, and when
> the same function is called again, the data is lost....

Well, you could assign it to static variable(s) in your function.

function foo(){
static $cache;
if(!$cache){
$cache =3D include('/path/to/file'); //let the include file return the=
=

variables
}
return $cache;
}


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Rik Wasmus

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