I think you can safely include it when you need it.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joseph Bratton</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jbratton@c2fs.com">jbratton@c2fs.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Quick question, what is the "proper" method for
including external libraries within a drupal module?&nbsp; Should I place a
require_once at the top of the module, or just at the beginning of any
functions within the module that use that library?&nbsp; Once at the top of the
module is cleaner, but it also means that it is loaded on every page, whether
it is actually used or not.</span></font></p>

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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks,</span></font></p>

<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Joey</span></font></p>

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