Re: Are '...' faster than "..." in normal code? Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes

I'm sure we'll all get flamed over this one, but it is my understanding that ' is faster than " --Joe On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 08:21:59AM +1000, Matthew M. Boulter wrote: > Heya gang, > > we all know the standard thing with string, "..." are parsed '...' > are not parsed. > > Now I might be a scrooge for cpu cycles but this got me thinking, if this *always* the case? > For example if I declare a function > > function myFunc($param1 = "default", $param2 = 'default') {...} > > Does the Zend engine parse $param1 looking to substitute values, and when it looks at $param2, > being in 'single quotes' it simply assigns the value. > > --------------------------------------- > So, in a class declaration, what is faster (yes I'm being pedantic, but the cycles add > up) > var $czHostName = "foohost.com"; > var $czClassName = "someClass"; > or > var $czHostName = 'foohost.com'; > var $czClassName = 'someClass'; > --------------------------------------- > The same goes for array indexing > $parameters["HostName"] > or > $parameters['HostName'] > > > This isn't a big issue, I'm just intrigued? > > Any help? > --------------------------------------- > Matthew M. Boulter. > myCybrary Development Office. > The University of Queensland Library. > Brisbane, Australia, 4062. > --------------------------------------- ----- Joe Stump, PHP Hacker joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org/ Need a programmer? http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Joe+Stump%22 ***************************************************************** * RENT THIS SPACE - SEEN BY THOUSANDS EACH DAY! * * Current Sponsor: http://www.smackdown.com * *****************************************************************