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diff --git a/vendor/smarty/smarty/docs/programmers/api-variables/variable-use-sub-dirs.md b/vendor/smarty/smarty/docs/programmers/api-variables/variable-use-sub-dirs.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a95ac4159 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/smarty/smarty/docs/programmers/api-variables/variable-use-sub-dirs.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +\$use\_sub\_dirs {#variable.use.sub.dirs} +================ + +Smarty will create subdirectories under the [compiled +templates](#variable.compile.dir) and [cache](#variable.cache.dir) +directories if `$use_sub_dirs` is set to TRUE, default is FALSE. In an +environment where there are potentially tens of thousands of files +created, this may help the filesystem speed. On the other hand, some +environments do not allow PHP processes to create directories, so this +must be disabled which is the default. + +Sub directories are more efficient, so use them if you can. +Theoretically you get much better perfomance on a filesystem with 10 +directories each having 100 files, than with 1 directory having 1000 +files. This was certainly the case with Solaris 7 (UFS)\... with newer +filesystems such as ext3 and especially reiserfs, the difference is +almost nothing. + +> **Note** +> +> - `$use_sub_dirs=true` doesn\'t work with +> [safe\_mode=On](&url.php-manual;features.safe-mode), that\'s why +> it\'s switchable and why it\'s off by default. +> +> - `$use_sub_dirs=true` on Windows can cause problems. +> +> - Safe\_mode is being deprecated in PHP6. +> +See also [`$compile_id`](#variable.compile.id), +[`$cache_dir`](#variable.cache.dir), and +[`$compile_dir`](#variable.compile.dir). |