MISC Functions

General Functions

• if elseif else is 0.78 % faster than switch
• @Error supression is 235% slower than without
• $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] is 59% faster than time()
• min(array) is 16% faster than min(int, int)
• require_once() is 24% faster than include()
• require_once() is just as fast as include_once()
• include(relative path) is 37% faster than include(full path)

Regular Expressions

• str_replace() is 40% faster than preg_replace()
• ereg('regex') is 17% faster than preg_match('/regex/')
• preg_match('/regex/i') is 68% faster than eregi('regex')