Hello to all,

This is my first message to this prominent forum. Basically my language file is growing and is now over 2200 lines long.
Since I suspect this can be a bottleneck when it comes to performance I was thinking of making many small files and load corresponding language file dynamically for each page.

Is this true or not?

Or is it better to have one large file?
I am using php5 and Smarty Template Engine.

Cheers to all

It depends on how the file is loaded.

I world personally have them in a lang folder in separate files.

Not for speed. But for my own sanity when it comes to making new ones or editing.

When I setup such a structure, I have 1 that I load for every page and then an optional 1 that can be loaded for specific pages. My goal is to minimize file accesses and memory usage while retaining code optimization and easing editing.

And, welcome to W-T!

On linux, it should not be a problem, depending if you parse it or not at each load.
The system will put it in the memory cache and every subsequent read will be done from memory.
But if you parse that file at each load, then yes, you'd better split it in separate files.