Is it bad to include a lot of files in PHP like it is for file based Sessions?

Question

After reading about how file based PHP sessions are not the greatest for performance, it has me thinking. Does this mean a PHP script including a lot of files is bad as wel

Answer 1

Like Chacha102 wrote, it isn't really that bad.

But it also depends on your actual script files.

In practice you should profile your code, Xdebug is great for this.

To clarify: profile and compare. Avoid lots of small script files if you can, but still keep your source code organized (a single script with thousands of lines is not comfortable to edit). A profiler will give you some numbers to find a good balance.