Re: print vs heredoc

Hi, Monday, July 7, 2003, 11:33:38 PM, you wrote: SK> Hi, again!! SK> I'm looking for opinions as to which is better/faster, print or heredoc. SK> print makes the code layout look nice and eazy to debug, where heredoc IS faster but makes SK> the code look like a nightmare with everything jammed against the left side of the code. I'm SK> pretty SK> picky about what looks good and heredoc is a nightmare of horrors... SK> Robin E. Kopetzky SK> Black Mesa Computers/Internet Services SK> www.blackmesa-isp.net As to which is faster is does not really matter as the speed of echo print and heredoc is dictated by the connection speed to the requesting client. If this is a factor in your overall operation you can use output buffering to save the contents and output them at the end of your script. btw what would be nice is a print_raw command that does no parsing just sends the stuff :) (Would be good for template systems where you know there is no php hidden in there.) ... might gain a couple of micro seconds -- regards, Tom