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<?php

class Application {

protected $_myStuff = null;

protected function getSomeStuffFromPHP() {

   if($this->_myStuff === null) {
       include_once(CONFIGPATH . 'myExtraData.php';
       $this->_myStuff = $varFromConfigFile;
   }

   $data = $this->_myStuff;

   // .. more work here

   // return value here.

}