Re: another religious issue, was [PHP] Require() vs Include()

> I always put brackets in even when there's only one statement cause > it makes it much easier to read/maintain. But so many people seem Yes. > not to use brackets that I wonder: is there a disadvantage to using > brackets (apart from a few keypresses more)? Not a measurable difference, unless you are executing the code a zillion times. Readability wins over performance for 90% of your code anyway. > On a similar note, I've read somewhere that use of the "condensed" if/else > assignment ( ? : ) construct was recommended over the "normal" if/else when > there's only one assignment in the test. Again, that makes life less easy > for > whoever comes and needs to extend your code, especially if the expressions > tested and assigned are non trivial, so I only use it when it's really > obvious. I find the trinary operator easier to read once you know how it works. YMMV. > Yet I wonder, does it makes a performance difference? Performance is irrelevant for all but 10% of your code in the tightest loop on the busiest page.