| Are checking $ SERVER variables server intensive?
How inefficient is this code? |
suga
msg:4349187 | 8:42 pm on Aug 8, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I have a sidebar on each page of my site that needs to be wider or narrower depending on where you are on my site. Currently, I have this line of code in the header of each page:
if ($_SERVER[SCRIPT_NAME] == "/index.php")
$width = $homepagewidth;
else if (strstr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'],"forum"))
$width = $forumwidth;
else
$width = $restofsitewidth;
Is it inefficient to check the SCRIPT_NAME variable on each and every page?
Thanks.
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penders
msg:4349429 | 11:36 am on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
As far as I'm aware, checking the $_SERVER superglobal is just like checking any other variable so in that sense I don't think you can really get anymore efficient.
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:4349432 | 11:40 am on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
The variables are already present and as penders says, it's just like calling regular variables.
You might be able to optimize the if/else statement though. If you found that 'forum' was getting accessed more frequently than '/index.php' you could put 'forum' at the top of the if/else statement.
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suga
msg:4349694 | 10:46 pm on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
thank you both!
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