what's the purpose to make data file dynamic?

Poster: perldev
Dated: Saturday August 28 2004 - 0:40:38 BST

I saw milonic use menu.php as data file. Why not use menu.js instead? If use menu.php, the data file will be loaded everytime. If using js, it could be cached.

Poster: John
Dated: Saturday August 28 2004 - 17:50:43 BST

What is the pupose of making anything dynamic on a page (not just a menu)? Could be the user membership status, the day of the week, class level (Freshman, Sophomore, etc.), specials only available on Friday - the list is endless. Sometimes the flexibility of dynamic is just needed.

Poster: perldev
Dated: Sunday August 29 2004 - 2:59:49 BST

If the menu content changes a lot, it's better to use dynamic one. Thanks for your clearification, John.

Poster: John
Dated: Sunday August 29 2004 - 18:49:56 BST

Absolutely correct. Otherwise you'd have a pile of _data files and mass confusion