Re: Disadvantages of output buffering

On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 14:09 +0100, Stut wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 14:33 +0200, Emil Edeholt wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> My php project would get a much cleaner code if I could set cookies > >> anywhere in the code. So I thought of output buffering. But I can't find > >> any articles on the cons of output buffering. I mean it most be a reason > >> for it being off by default? > > > > Cons of output buffering: > > > > - teeeeeeeency weency time overhead > > Compared to the time taken to flush to the client more often? This is > incorrect in most cases, and even when it's not it really really is > "teeeeeeeency weency". > > > - memory overhead since buffered content remains in memory > > until flushed. > > Indeed, but memory is cheap and you're likely to run out of memory for > other reasons waaaaay before output buffering causes it. Agreed, I was hard pressed to come up with cons in the first place :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'