Performance

[jonlindh]

Hello,

I'm working with a project where i have to include some html from a file and found out that the include() function is slower then open the file and print the lines from it (with the code below). Just wanted to know why? Is it because the include() function parse the document for php code or something like that?

$fp = @fopen($filename,"r");
$contents = fread ($fp, filesize($filename));
echo $contents

Regards Jon

[tomhath]

That could be the reason. Did you notice a difference, or did someone just tell you it's slower? I'd be surprised if there's a measurable difference.

[hand]

Instead of your 3 line long code u can use readfile()

readfile($filename);

http://www.php3.de/manual/en/function.readfile.php

I'm astonished about the fact that you are able to measure some diffrence between include() and open/read/print/close a file.

But I think that it is better to open/read/print/close a file if it is not neccessary to parse it.

[jonlindh]

Yes, I noticed a differens between using readfile() instead of include(). readfile() is about 10 ms faster in apache bench (ab).

/ Jon