On Thu, March 22, 2007 5:14 pm, Tijnema ! wrote:
> On 3/22/07, Jon Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Your test isn't exactly fair. The for loop has no statements in it,
>> and
>> the while loop has one. Your tests show while as approx 7% faster,
>> while
>> a modified test shows an approximate 30% speed improvement:
>>
>> Do this:
>>
>> for ($i=0;$i<10000000;$i++) {}
>>
>> v.s.:
>>
>> $i = 0;
>> while ($i++ < 10000000) {}
>>
>> The above while loop is 30% faster than the for. A little teaking on
>> the
>> for loop, it's faster still:Folks: How often do you use a loop of any kind in PHP with enough iterations that this is even significant? Write the code that makes sense. Optimize the biggest bottleneck until performance is acceptable. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
