Posted by Richard Davey on 06/09/05 16:45

Hello Martin,

Thursday, June 9, 2005, 2:38:23 PM, you wrote:

MZ> what's the best way how to store a small amount of data, like list
MZ> of categories or sections of a website. CVS (comma delimited text)
MZ> x Database (MySQL, or other) x XML ? Which method is the fastest?
MZ> Anyone has any personal experiences?

How small are we talking? and how often will this data change?

If the answer is "not very" and "not very" then why not just hard code
the data into a PHP script as a ready to include array (or similar) ?

If your situation allows it then there is nothing actually wrong in
doing this.

Best regards,

Richard Davey
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