Execute a method less times possible - PHP

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Published on 2010-03-07T10:29:32Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 8:51 UTC
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I have a site in multiple languages. I have a method that returns me the today currencies in a array. I display that currencies in a table then.

// --- en/index.php
<?php
include_once "../exchangeRates.php";
$currencies = ReadExchangeRates();

// --- fr/index.php
<?php
include_once "../exchangeRates.php";
$currencies = ReadExchangeRates();

...
// somewhere in the page
<td><?php echo $currencies["eur"]["today"]; ?></td>

So, every time I load, en/ or fr/ or other language, I request the exchange rates from a external site.

Can I optimize this behavior (reading once per day or session)?

maybe to store a global variable and check the update date?

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