""Eric Butera"" <eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6a8639eb0901121231r253eed48xe1974d8ef44ab95e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Frank Stanovcak > <blindspotpro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've googled, and found some confusing answers. >> I've tried searching the history of the news group, and only found info >> on >> switch or elseif seperately. :( >> >> Strictly from a performance stand point, not preference or anything else, >> is >> there a benefit of one over the other? >> >> >> for($i=0;$i<3;$i++){ >> switch($i){ >> case 0: >> header pg1 code >> break; >> case 1: >> header pg2 code >> break; >> case 3: >> header pg3 code >> break; >> }; >> }; >> >> >> or would that be better served using an if...elseif structure? >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > This might be of interest in answering your question: > > http://www.suspekt.org/switchtable/ Wow...so if I read that right. the only difference in the root code of PHP is that the pre compiled code is easier to read. PHP actually generates the If...elseif...elseif... structure any way when it compiles the script. ewww. Frank. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php