OK. I would think it uses more memory then, but doubt it would be slower. Isnt the output buffered in memory anyway though in PHP? Surely the buffer is bigger than 100 bytes (which is about the length of this string). So one way or the other, the memory is used. Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Marc Steinert <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > German Geek schrieb: > >> Why is the first method faster and uses less memory? >> >> >> > Because the concatenation operator first reassembles a new string, stores > it in memory then passes this newly created string to the echo function, if > I'm not misstaken. > > > -- > http://bithub.net/ > Synchronize and share your files over the web for free > >
