Whats more efficient? ( echo " "; or <?php echo ?> )

Hi everyone,
Just a simple doubt and basically your opinion needed.

I have an option box on a webpage and have around 10 options on it and have
run into a doubt,
which is more efficient to do:

1.
<option value="1"<?php if($th_order==1){echo " SELECTED"; }
?>>Something1</option>
<option value="2"<?php if($th_order==2){echo " SELECTED"; }
?>>Something2</option>

(or)

2.
instead of having the <?php and ?> mixed in the HTML is it better to
echo/print the whole lines?

Thanks,
-Ryan

Ryan A wrote:

> I have an option box on a webpage and have around 10 options on it and have
> run into a doubt,
> which is more efficient to do:
>
> 1.
> <option value="1"<?php if($th_order==1){echo " SELECTED"; }
> ?>>Something1</option>
> <option value="2"<?php if($th_order==2){echo " SELECTED"; }
> ?>>Something2</option>
>
> (or)
>
> 2.
> instead of having the <?php and ?> mixed in the HTML is it better to
> echo/print the whole lines?

Use a template engine to separate your presentation from your logic. :)

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> which is more efficient to do:
> 1.
> <option value="1"<?php if($th_order==1){echo " SELECTED"; }
> ?>>Something1</option>
> <option value="2"<?php if($th_order==2){echo " SELECTED"; }
> ?>>Something2</option>
> (or)
> 2.
> instead of having the <?php and ?> mixed in the HTML is it better to
> echo/print the whole lines?

Really just a matter of personal preference. If I have a mostly PHP
page, I would use echo to print out chunks of HTML. If I have a mostly
HTML page (or section of a page), I would use separate <?php ?>
sections within it. I doubt you'd notice any performance difference
between the two so use whichever is easier for you to code.

Larry

--- "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> wrote:
> Use a template engine to separate your presentation from your logic. :)

Isn't PHP a templating engine? :-)

Chris

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Chris Shiflett wrote:

> --- "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> wrote:
>
>>Use a template engine to separate your presentation from your logic. :)
>
>
> Isn't PHP a templating engine? :-)

Of course it is, but what's that got to do with separating presentation
from logic (business logic)? Each one can be PHP code... :)

Bad answer, I know, because his code could be a PHP "template". I'm sure
it's not, though. I just wanted to give a different answer from the many
"it doesn't matter" answers.

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I'll just on the template bandwagon, I use smarty. (http://smarty.php.net)

Rolf Brusletto
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John W. Holmes wrote:

> Ryan A wrote:
>
>> I have an option box on a webpage and have around 10 options on it
>> and have
>> run into a doubt,
>> which is more efficient to do:
>>
>> 1.
>> <option value="1"<?php if($th_order==1){echo " SELECTED"; }
>> ?>>Something1</option>
>> <option value="2"<?php if($th_order==2){echo " SELECTED"; }
>> ?>>Something2</option>
>>
>> (or)
>>
>> 2.
>> instead of having the <?php and ?> mixed in the HTML is it better to
>> echo/print the whole lines?
>
>
> Use a template engine to separate your presentation from your logic. :)
>

I believe I read someplace once that it is more efficient to have your
php embedded in your HTML where required. Something to do with the
amount of parsing that the engine has to do. However, to reiterate what
Captain John W. Holmes said, using a templating engine does allow you to
better manage the project especially in dealing with maintenance down
the road. I personally prefer to let the business logic create XML and
employ XSLT to do my Html rendering. It may not be the quickest or most
memory efficient, but, in my humble opinion, it is one of the easiest to
maintain.

Jordan S. Jones

Ryan A wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>Just a simple doubt and basically your opinion needed.
>
>I have an option box on a webpage and have around 10 options on it and have
>run into a doubt,
>which is more efficient to do:
>
>1.
><option value="1"<?php if($th_order==1){echo " SELECTED"; }
>?>>Something1</option>
><option value="2"<?php if($th_order==2){echo " SELECTED"; }
>?>>Something2</option>
>
>(or)
>
>2.
>instead of having the <?php and ?> mixed in the HTML is it better to
>echo/print the whole lines?
>
>Thanks,
>-Ryan
>
>
>


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echo/print the whole lines will be faster... but you'll probably not
see the difference...

I prefer <?php and ?> mixed in the HTMl because i'm using Dreamweaver
to build website/shopping cart/Intranet/Extranet and with the php/HTML
mixed, you have a good look about what your webpage will be in the
WYSIWYG Dreamweaver Editor window.

Regards.

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ryan@coinpass.com (Ryan A) wrote in message news:<000b01c39842$871723d0$f081aa51@l2zcaxu7emppq h>...
> Hi everyone,
> Just a simple doubt and basically your opinion needed.
>
> I have an option box on a webpage and have around 10 options on it and have
> run into a doubt,
> which is more efficient to do:
>
> 1.
> <option value="1"<?php if($th_order==1){echo " SELECTED"; }
> ?>>Something1</option>
> <option value="2"<?php if($th_order==2){echo " SELECTED"; }
> ?>>Something2</option>
>
> (or)
>
> 2.
> instead of having the <?php and ?> mixed in the HTML is it better to
> echo/print the whole lines?
>
> Thanks,
> -Ryan