Re: Performance

the site that I design for has converted all of the echo""; print() and any other printing function of php into a simple breakout into HTML. ie: <? for($i=0;$i<10;$i++) { ?>We have done <?=$i?> loop.<? } ?> We have done performance testing on most everything that can be done out put and include()/require() stuff. If you would like information on the performance results I might be able to round up some of the data. It is faster and cleaner. Jim Lucas www.bend.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "René Fournier" <rene.fournier@markada.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net>; <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:05 AM Subject: [PHP] Performance Is it true that mixing HTML and PHP--switching back and forth with <?php ?> tags--slows down performance? (I'm using PHP4.) Is it better to echo output than to drop out of PHP mode? And concerning database connections, my ISP asks that I always close a MySQL connection with a mysql_close()--which I can understand. But I'm curious, if I have to make, say, 10 SELECTs throughout a page (in the header, body, and footer), is it perhaps faster to use the mysql_close() at the very end of the page (in the bottom of the footer.inc)? In other words, is there any disadvantage performance-wise (or stability reason) to open and immediately thereafter close mysql connections? Can anyone recommend an article or two on coding techniques for improving PHP and MySQL performance? I don't wan to spend the rest of my life optimizing my php code, but if I knew a few basic rules about its performance characteristics, I might be able to make better decisions when coding. Thanks. ...Rene --- René Fournier, rene.fournier@markada.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net