On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Clancy <clancy_1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:20:09 +1100, dmagick@xxxxxxxxx (Chris) wrote:
> ............
> >I'd call this a micro-optimization. If changing this causes that much of
> >a difference in your script, wow - you're way ahead of the rest of us.
>
> Schlossnagle (in "Advanced PHP Programming") advises:
>
> $i = 0; while ($i < $j)
> {
> ........
> ++$i;
> }
>
> rather than:
>
> $i = 0; while ($i < $j)
> {
> .......
> $i++;
> }
>
> as the former apparently uses less memory references. However I find it
> very hard to
> believe that the difference would ever show up in the real world.
nonsense, some college kid is going to put ++$i on a test to try an impress
the professor when the semantics call for $i++ :D
-nathan
p.s.
in case you couldnt tell; been there, done that. lol
