Number of Files in PHP Library

Hi,

PHP allows the "library" which can contain an arbitrary number of include
files.

Can I put all the include files right in this directory, or should I create
subdirectories?

My question comes about because I understand that *nix systems begin to run
into performance difficulties at around 200 files in a directory (linear
search times for a directory).

Has anyone had experience with a large number of include files in a single
directory? How many? Did it seem to affect performance?

Thanks, Dave Ashley.

David T. Ashley <dashley@cequentgroup.com> wrote:
> My question comes about because I understand that *nix systems begin to run
> into performance difficulties at around 200 files in a directory (linear
> search times for a directory).

This statement is both false as correct. There are *nix filesystems
which do re linear, there are also fs which use btrees: O(log n)
worstcase. So what system are you php running on?

--

Daniel Tryba

> This statement is both false as correct. There are *nix filesystems
> which do re linear, there are also fs which use btrees: O(log n)
> worstcase. So what system are you php running on?

Linux 7.3, ext3.