Which is faster???

[rosscarlson]

Ok, if this is a dumb question please forgive me, I am new to PHP (so pleaes be gentle)

Which of these will execute faster:

$search = "Search";

if (preg_match("/.(SEARCHFOR)$/i", $search) {
// Do stuff here
}

... or ...

if (stristr($search, "SEARCHFOR"){
// Do stuff here
}

I do these a lot and want to speed my stuff up...

Thanks,

Ross

[superwormy]

In general, stristr will be faster than almost any regular expression. But test it for your specific case and find out.

[rosscarlson]

Thanks, much appreciated! :-)