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PHP bandwidth

i have a small website that i am concerned with saving as much bandwidth as possible, so with that in mind i have a few questions.

1. would it save bandwidth if i code my site entirely in php (and echo out all html tags) instead of escaping in and out of php?

2. would it save bandwidth to place all my php functions in a seperate .php file and just include that file on the pages that need it?

thanks in advance

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It wouldn't make any difference if you "coded" your site entirely in php and echo'ed out the html tags, but it would if you compress the output.

A very simple page of information for you to follow can be found here:
http://derickrethans.nl/phpperform/phpgz.html

Hope this helps
Scorchin

I thought if u use echo it puts on unnecessary stress on the server? Isn't it better to mix it up along with html. eg
<p><?php print $name;?></p>

Uh, no.

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accessing the server for proccessing php doesn't waste bandwith does.. right???
just the output takes bandwidth... right??

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lol

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Originally posted by coolaid:

accessing the server for proccessing php doesn't waste bandwith does.. right???
just the output takes bandwidth... right??

Bandwidth, is the data coming in and out of the server. So no processing PHP does not waste bandwidth. That's like saying playling Microsoft Pinball (The dogey game) is going to use your internet bandwidth...

Originally posted by phpmonkey:

lol

lol, indeed :P

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Dan

Originally posted by schoi:

I thought if u use echo it puts on unnecessary stress on the server? Isn't it better to mix it up along with html. eg
<p><?php print $name;?></p>

Echoing more or less is rather completely insignifigant compared to, say, anything else your script might do.

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2. would it save bandwidth to place all my php functions in a seperate .php file and just include that file on the pages that need it?

yes, and it wuold also be convenient, kind of like including a css

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Originally posted by TheClincher:

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2. would it save bandwidth to place all my php functions in a seperate .php file and just include that file on the pages that need it?

yes, and it wuold also be convenient, kind of like including a css

Uhm. No? You would *not* save bandwidth by using includes.

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