RE: [PHP] Whats faster? text files or mysql?

Hi Jay, El mar, 20-04-2004 a las 07:52, Jay Blanchard escribió: > [snip] > I have two text files with two rows of data on each line sperated by a > tab for about 20 lines in each file. Would it be faster accessing this > data by putting it in a mysql table? > [/snip] > > Sounds like the perfect opportunity to set up a test! File I/O is always > slower. I/O is always slow, but it is even slower when it is done through a network. It is always faster accessing a file on the hard disk than accessing it through the network. If you don't need to index the information and make complex queries, a text file on the web server hard disk is just fine. -William