On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:17:29PM -0800, Chris W. Parker wrote:
: 
: One thing you can do to make loops faster is the following: (yes I've
: posted this in the past!!)
: 
: Unoptimized:
: 
: $upperlimit = 100;
: 
: for($i = 0;$i < $upperlimit; $++)
: {
:       // your stuff
: }
: 
: Optimized:
: 
: $upperlimit = 100;
: $i = -1;
: 
: while(++$i < $upperlimit)
: {
:       // your stuff
: }

Still, doing a greater-than or less-than comparison is a bit slow.
You could try this:

        $upperlimit = 100;
        while ($up-- != 0)
        {
                //  your stuff
        }

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