[snip] A more realistic speed hit is the fact that using if/elseif/else or switch statements requires on average an O( n ) lookup, whereas a proper goto implemention is O( 1 ). Now I'll give you you could do an label to function map and use that instead, but that's still O( lg n ). [/snip] Ah the good old days, when calculating clock cycles was done more than punching cards. (Fortran flashback!) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php