Hello Jay, Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 10:14:27 PM, you wrote: JB> I try to use both types of quotes in the proper circumstance. JB> Having said that, I came to computing in the age where we worried JB> over CPU cycles, but I don't see how in this day and age the JB> difference between the two would even matter. Even on a high load JB> site the difference between the two would be negligible. I agree it's going to be negligible, but even so the difference does exist. The real question is which is faster between: include "path/$file" and include 'path/' . $file Can the compiler handle the in-line variables quicker than string concatenation? It'll take a C guru who knows the PHP code well to answer this fully. Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." - Isaac Asimov -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php