On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 11:13 +0000, Stut wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 10:15 +0000, Stut wrote: > > > Gregory Beaver wrote: > > >> This is a good example of how the flexibility of PHP can bite > > >> you, but is also a good example of how bad coding adds both > > >> complexity and inefficiency to the resulting software. If f() is > > >> called often, there might be a noticeable speedup if it were > > >> replaced. I once had a complex database ORM-HTML mapping app > > >> that was about 10% faster when I replaced all the "" strings with > > >> '' strings. This was on a slow machine with an early PHP, but > > >> little things like this can be very important. > > > http://dev.stut.net/phpspeed/ > > > > You forgot to benchmark echo, everyone (me anyways) knows echo is > > faster than print. Why you ask? Because print returns a value, echo > > does not :) > > You *know* that for a fact do you? > > I've added a plain echo to complement the plain print, and in the 5 or 6 > runs I've done print is always faster, but not by much. Hmmm, something must have changed :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
