Re: What is faster?
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:33:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: What is faster? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 12:24, Andy Pieters wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Of these two expressions, which one is faster?
>
> if(!(is_null($customMenu)) && (is_array($customMenu)))
> $menu=$customMenu;
> else
> $menu=array('Documentation','Settings');
>
>
> OR
>
> $menu=(!(is_null($customMenu)) && (is_array($customMenu))?$customMenu:$menu);
>
> Anybody have any documentation on this?
I didn't bother checking for you but I do know that:
$customMenu !== null
Is about 3 or 4 times faster than
!is_null( $customMenu )
Function calls are always much slower than operators.
Cheers,
Rob.
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