Re: the way create_function works (internally)?

w>> For any reason I thought functions created with create_function() should w>> be created faster. I╢ve stressed my server with some performance tests w>> and the result was that the create_function() created function performed w>> worse than declaring a function manually... Surely they are slower. Every create_function is a compiler run. If you know your function, it's much faster to define it immediately. w>> If someone could provide an example what create_function() is for (not w>> how to use it, I already know) and what╢s the advance then declaring a w>> function directly (typing it).... For creating functions in run-time (self-generating PHP code :). That's like eval, only more understandable. You were able to do it via eval long ago, create_function is just another way. I have template mechanism based on this idea (every template is a function returning insantiated result). It's faster then regexps, etc. Creative mind can find another 1000 ways to use dynamically-created code :) -- Stanislav Malyshev stas@zend.com +972-3-6139665