Some code in my phpinclude_start - how would you rewrite this code?

[Jenta]

Am I doing this the most efficient and proper way? I don't trust myself much :nervous:

It works but perhaps it's noobish? Can u tell me how to make it more correct?

I'm mostly referring to stuff like changing some things to OR, AND, ELSE and combing it into one statement or whatever.

Will doing so make it parse faster and more effieciently?

// question 1
if (!defined('IN_PORTAL_AREA')) {

	// question 2
	if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
		{
			// do something
    			$lifetime_posts = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT post.postid 
    			FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post 
    			ORDER BY post.postid DESC 
    			LIMIT 1"); 

    			$lifetime_threads = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT thread.threadid 
    			FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread 
    			ORDER BY thread.threadid DESC 
    			LIMIT 1"); 
		}
		
		// question 3
		if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay') 
		{
		// do something 
    			$forumcounts= $DB_site->query("SELECT forumid, replycount, threadcount 
        		FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum 
        	"); 
    		while ($forumcount = $DB_site->fetch_array($forumcounts)) 
    		{ 
       			$forumreply[$forumcount[forumid]] = $forumcount[replycount]; 
        		$forumthread[$forumcount[forumid]] = $forumcount[threadcount]; 
    		} 
}

// question 4
if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1) {
	// question 5
	if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'adv_index')
		{ 
			// do something 
    			include("./forums/statistic_counter.php"); 
		}
	// question 6
	if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
		{
			// do something 
    			include("./statistic_counter.php"); 
		}

}

// question 7
if (defined('IN_PORTAL_AREA')) {
	// do something
	require_once('./global.php');
}

thanks!