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Posted by Colin McKinnon on 11/04/05 23:08
windandwaves wrote:
> echo "<head> ";
> {code code code}
> echo "<body>";
> {code code code, talk to the database, etc...}
> echo "<div>some more shite</div>";
> {code code code}
> echo "</html>";
>
>
> Now I do this:
>
> $v .= "<head> ";
> {code code code}
> $v .= "<body>";
> {code code code, talk to the database, etc...}
> $v .= "<div>some more shite</div>";
> {code code code}
> $v .= "</html>";
> echo $v;
>
> The advantage of the second method is that I can still manipulate the
> content before it goes out. for example, I can replace double spaces and
> tabs, alter menus, etc... using simple replace functions.
>
> Now, my question is, what is faster or better? I kind of like the latter
> option, but I do not want to use it if it makes my website (significantly)
> slower.
>
I think you've answered your own question as to which is better. Regards the
question of speed - why don't you measure it. I suspect you'll find the
latter is faster because it won't use chunked encoding - particularly if
you are using compression.
A better way of buffering the output is to use PHP's output buffering
functions.
C.
> Cheers
>
>
> Nicolaas
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