PHP include/require inside functions

Question

Having functions that are quite big and they are loading every time the page is loaded, would be better to write function foo(){ include(.../file_with_function\'s_code

Answer 1

Or, as a good alternative, encapsulate your functions in classes, and take the benefit of __autoload :

function __autoload($class_name) {
    include $class_name . '.php';
}

Encapsulate myBigFunction() in a class

class myBigFunction {
  public static function run() {
    //the old code goes here
  }
}

save it as myBigFunction.php

When you call the function as static method on the class :

myBigFunction::run()

__autoload will load the file, but not before that.