Re: Re: SQL or array ?

On Sunday 24 April 2005 12:25, Paul Reilly wrote: > How would I go about benchmarking the different options? > What tools are there to do this? a) time the script - quick, dirty and inaccurate but may provide an indicative result. b) use a profiler, which can be more interesting as it will show the CPU time taken by various parts of the script. I've used Xdebug for profiling and found it useful. Have a look at http://www.php.net/debugger for this and other options (I assume the other debuggers have profiling support). Simon -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simon Rees  |  tech-lists@zodiac2000.co.uk  | ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~