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>direct string concatenation is 2X faster than using "implode" That depends on how many strings you are concatenating. The beauty of implode is that you can bu

>direct string concatenation is 2X faster than using "implode" That depends on how many strings you are concatenating. The beauty of implode is that you can build an HTML snippet and implode it all at the end before output.

dexen 15y ago
Never checked that myself, but I believe you will get better results (performance-wise) with output buffering than with concatenating output for one big final `echo'.
- dsl 15y ago
  Output buffering is an ugly hack. Avoid at all costs for performance.