Re: switch vs elseif -- switchtable

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@daevid.com> wrote: > 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 > Hi Daevid, Someone wrote a quick bench on this url: http://www.suspekt.org/2008/07/31/switch-table-extension/ As for all your other questions, you'll have to contact the author. I just thought it applied to this thread.