September 20th, 2004
06:42 AM
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what's faster...
Hi, I'm hoping someone with experience could answer my question. I want to make a news portal site in the future and wanted to know which method would be faster... doing preg_match_all on a site, or parsing RSS. They are both pretty simple to code, but speed is important. If you know one is faster than the other, is it a noticeable difference such as a whole second? thanks.
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September 20th, 2004
06:44 AM
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Parsing RSS ? parsing a whole site is obviously slower since it contains other data than the content. With RSS, you're getting a bare minimum of extra junk.
September 20th, 2004
03:52 PM
whoa, wtf?
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anythign preg you want to avoid as much as possible if you want speed.
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September 21st, 2004
05:17 AM
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RSS in php4 isn't exactly fast, but its the cleaner solution so I would use it.
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September 22nd, 2004
05:31 AM
I agree with radley and phil
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September 22nd, 2004
08:22 AM
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ooooohhhhhhhh Jerome must be wrong!! 
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September 22nd, 2004
08:44 AM
whoa, wtf?
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Originally posted by shadowblade
I agree with radley and phil
Phil and Radley said the same thing as me dawg.
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