Posted by jussist@gmail.com on 12/19/06 19:59

Usually when in need to compare which is faster, I tend to think that
in the very end databases are just flat files. The only difference
between real flat files and database is the database software, which
has been built to optimize, among other things, the speed of quering of
the data.

This of course might not be the case in your problem, since reading
just a simple file might be faster. However if the database software is
in the same server with the php, the connection should be very fast.

Just babbling, try it out. As someone mentioned, if your file grows
you'll might be at risk in the future. Databases are just so much more
scalable.

jussi

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