Many vs large text files?

Junior WebHelper Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

Hi,

I can either use several text files or one. With only one file it will be more complex and need more parsing code. (The content is various configuration data).

Generally, what solution is likely to be better performance-wise?

My guess is that either one file is better, or the difference is very small...

(I'll probably use several files, just curious for future - possibly bigger/more critical - projects.)

Thanks :-)

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

If this is a PHP coding project, I can tell you that having all the code in one file is a pain to manage, and it seriously impacts performance, since PHP has to parse the whole file even though you probably only need part of it. Includes are the way to go, but don't use too many of them either Wink

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Junior WebHelper Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

Yeah, managing and certainly development/debugging will be a pain with all data in one file! None of that.

I use vbscript at a humble beginners level. Don't know about includes Neutral

Junior WebHelper Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

i use php, and the larger they get, the longer they take to load. When my file size got up to about 8mb, it took around 30 seconds for it to parse the file, i recommend lots of files