[KeYBLeR]

Does PHP Slow Down Website Loading Time?

What i'm trying to do is, make 1 php file, contain 100's of HTML examples. Then I would set it up with 100's of elseif statements. Then in my web help site, I would use php includes, to include 1 example, using urls like this,
?example=001

I'm thinking, i'm not sure, but if I call on 1 example... Does the other 100 of them still load?

Also would it be safe to call on 10 examples within the same html page.

Thanks

[robbydweb]

Yes it slows it down, but it wont be noticable or barely noticable in load time. but I would use the switch() function instead of elseif, its faster that way.

[Patiek]

The best alternative would be to use a database, such as mysql.

However, if you decide not to you should probably use a switch statement, as already noted by robbydweb:

PHP Code:

<?



switch($request)

{

    case "001": // do whatever, echo or return or whatever

    break;



    case "002": // whatever again

    break;



    default: // nothing specified

}

?>

[doctorcracker]

how about using exit(); func?

like

if ($example == "001") {
|| do this ||
exit();
} else if ($example == "002") {
|| do this ||
exit();
}

In this case I my self feel that if the 00x matches the first listed conditions like from 1-10 it would be fast as it would be exitting but for example=100 it still has to read till the end of the PHP file..


Please correct me if I am wroong..

Regards

[FiRe]

PHP Code:

<?

if ($x == 1) {

echo 1;

}

else {

echo 0;

}

?>

works just the same as:

PHP Code:

<?

if ($x == 1) {

echo 1;

exit();

}

echo 0;

?>

[wirehopper]

Hi,

You can preprocess the PHP - which is like compiling or caching the dynamic page.

http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=9938/ddj0601g/0601g.html

There is a demo at: http://www.wirehopper.com/php/prepro...wirehopper.com

Another approach would be to feed the URL into the PHP and basically use the PHP to include the HTML and help into an iframe/frame or a straight PHP include. For example:

http://testdomain.com?url=example.htm

in the PHP, you could have

import_request_variables("gp","rvar_");
$url=$rvar_url.'.htm';
include $url;

// help page - or you could have an HTML link to the help
include $url.'help.htm';

[NeverMind]

the whole PHP file has to be parsed first so it does make difference but probably not noticable depending on the size of those examples. I'd prefer putting each example in a file and then include it after sanitizing the URL input.
I'd suggest a Swicth() since it's much more cleaner than IF/ELSEIF/ELSE in your case.

i thought that there was a php function to get the total execution time

[ariebsomer]

At top to create arrays and time function:

<?
$time = microtime();
$time = explode(' ', $time);
$time = $time[1] + $time[0];
$start = $time;
?>

At bottom to process and pass values:

<?
$time = microtime();
$time = explode(' ', $time);
$time = $time[1] + $time[0];
$finish = $time;
$total_time = round(($finish - $start), 4);
echo '<p>Page generated in '.$total_time.' seconds.</p>'."\n";
?>