in all honesty, it would really depend on how good the compiler/optimizer is.. but since you're dealing with php.. and i assume that there's not a good (if any) optimization process... i would tend to say, include the function/file once, use the function as required... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:34 AM To: Brian Dunning Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Is there a big speed difference... Brian Dunning wrote: > I have an include file with about 6 lines of code, just text parsing. > If I have to loop through 5000 records, is there a big difference > between (a) calling this include file 5000 times, and (b) defining a > function and just calling the function 5000 times? Yes, there is a big difference. Including files is expensive, even with a compiler cache. Hope that helps. Chris -- Chris Shiflett Brain Bulb, The PHP Consultancy http://brainbulb.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
