coding affecting performance

Anon

does interspersing php code with html code slow page performance?

Or would I be better off with one entire
php statment.

good
<?php print \"..any html and php output\";
?>

bad

<head>
<title><title>
<body>
<?php
...some php code
?>
.......html code
<?php
...somemore php code
?>
....some more html code

</body>
</head>

Anon

The second option is better. PHP wiwl otherwise have to read all the stuff and output it, but if you have some html stuff tha needs no manipulation or is just static, then its no use telling PHP to echo that.

The best is to use PHP only at its bare minimum

example:

My name is <?php echo $name ?> and I live in <?php $city ?>

rather than having PHP output the whole thing.

Anon

Thats right as when the server finds html code outside the php script it throws it to the client without parsing it through php_mod so , naturally , one step is reduced and it would be faster

[deleted]

Try it out and you'll find that it doesn't make much difference at all.
The difference is a fraction of a second when printing 10k lines.

You should choose the method that makes your code readable.

Anon

right, but when 10k users print 10k lines, it makes a difference. i get about 100k hits on my server per day, and it does make a big difference.