Posted by Robert Cummings on 06/05/05 20:33

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 12:24, Andy Pieters wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Of these two expressions, which one is faster?
>
> if(!(is_null($customMenu)) && (is_array($customMenu)))
> $menu=$customMenu;
> else
> $menu=array('Documentation','Settings');
>
>
> OR
>
> $menu=(!(is_null($customMenu)) && (is_array($customMenu))?$customMenu:$menu);
>
> Anybody have any documentation on this?

I didn't bother checking for you but I do know that:

$customMenu !== null

Is about 3 or 4 times faster than

!is_null( $customMenu )

Function calls are always much slower than operators.

Cheers,
Rob.
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