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"Al" <news@ridersite.org> wrote in message
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> Depends on the server and it's load. I've strung together some rather
large html strings and they
> aways take far less time than the transient time on the internet. I used
to use OB extensively until
> one day I took the time to measure the difference. I don't recall the
numbers; but, I do recall it
> was not worth the slight extra trouble to use OB.
>
> Now, I simple assemble by html strings with $report .= "foo"; And then
echo $report at the end. It
> also makes the code very easy to read and follow.
>
> Andrew Ballard wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Al <news@ridersite.org> wrote:
> >> You are really asking an HTML question, if you think about it.
> >>
> >> At the PHP level, either use output buffering or assemble all your
html string as a variable and
> >> then echo it. The goal is to compress the string into the minimum
number of packets.
> >
> > Yes, but do so smartly. Excessive string concatenation can slow things
> > down as well. On most pages you probably won't notice much difference,
> > but I have seen instances where the difference was painfully obvious.
> >
> > Andrew