Question

I want to:

• on every page,
• check if a file exists
• include that file if TRUE

i.e.:

 <cfset variables.includes.header = ExpandPath("_inc_header.cfm")>
 <cfif FileExists(variables.includes.header)>
   <cfinclude template = "_inc_header.cfm">
 </cfif>

Is this a good idea?

edited to use just “_inc_header.cfm” as the template

Alternative practical use would be something akin to this PHP code:

foreach (glob("includes/*.php") as $inc) {
   require($inc);
}

Answer 1

Depending on traffic, there could be a bit of a performance hit.

Could you put the include statement within a try/catch or failing that, maybe save the result of the check in a session and then just do the check once per file per session?