Thanks switch and case seems to be more faster for the job and a lot cleaner ------Original Message------ From: Andre Polykanine To: dholmes1031@xxxxxxxxx Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What's faster using if else or arrays? Sent: Apr 28, 2011 6:17 PM Hello Dholmes1031, I would write it like this: switch($foo) { case 5: $dothis; break; case 3: $dothat; break; default: $donothing; break; } -- With best regards from Ukraine, Andre Skype: Francophile My blog: http://oire.org/menelion (mostly in Russian) Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion ------------ Original message ------------ From: dholmes1031@xxxxxxxxx <dholmes1031@xxxxxxxxx> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date created: , 12:30:31 AM Subject: What's faster using if else or arrays? I'm working on a project and I was wondering if I should use if else's or arrays ?? Example If($foo= 5) { $dothis } ElseIf($foo= 3) { $dothis } Else{ $donothing } Or put it in some short of arrays and pregmatch what would be the best to use and easiest to read Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile