I really like modulizing php into separate files, I think that makes it much easier to edit and debug. However, will this increase page loading time and/or stress on the server?


Thanks,

Nathan

Shouldn’t be a problem…

That's what I thought. Especially since the files are local so I'm not generating http requests.

Thanks for answering my question.

In fact, that depends of the content of the files.
If they all make 10 db queries, they will slow the load time the time those queries need to be ran.

If course, but the difference from running the same number of queries in the same file would not be significant.

i belive that the quest for better page loding time should be made on the page frontend ( html,css,images,javascript ) since they are responsible for 80% of the page load. The small tweaks in the server side ... will not gain you verry much, offcourse i am not saying that SQL query optimisation are not verry ussefull ... they are .... but a lot of people only try to optimise the scripts .. and nothing on the front end.

The difference between a 1mb file and ten 100k files connected through includes and 1000 1k files connected through includes is negligible because it's done server-side and web server software (IIS/Apache/etc) optimizes for this.

Includes are just like functions: Use early, use often -- whenever it improves readability or allows for re-use of code.