Re: switch vs elseif -- switchtable

On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 15:31 -0500, Eric Butera wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Frank Stanovcak > <blindspotpro@comcast.net> wrote: > > I've googled, and found some confusing answers. > > I've tried searching the history of the news group, and only found info on > > switch or elseif seperately. :( > > > > Strictly from a performance stand point, not preference or anything else, is > > there a benefit of one over the other? > > > > > > for($i=0;$i<3;$i++){ > > switch($i){ > > case 0: > > header pg1 code > > break; > > case 1: > > header pg2 code > > break; > > case 3: > > header pg3 code > > break; > > }; > > }; > > > > > > or would that be better served using an if...elseif structure? > > > > Frank > This might be of interest in answering your question: > > http://www.suspekt.org/switchtable/ How do I install this? The page and .tgz both give no instructions?! Are there any benchmarks to show speed comparisons? Also, is there any plans to have this patch/extension incorporated into the real PHP trunk? Daevid. http://daevid.com