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Re: Reading a file on same server [message #182366 is a reply to message #182362]

Wed, 31 July 2013 13:13

Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Bruce Lee wrote:
^^^^^^^^^
Doubtful. Bruce Lee would have known the answer, having instructed Chuck
Norris who, as we all know, can write 100 LOCs of PHP with one finger in
less than one minute.

> Method 1:
> read file using relative path
>
> Eg: get_file_contents("public/upload/test.txt");
>
>
> Method 2:
> read file using URL (note that the server which is making the request and
> the server where the file is being read is same)
>
> Eg: get_file_contents("http://mydomain.com/public/upload/test.txt");
>
>
> Can someone explain me which is faster and why?

Yes. But if you thought harder about what needs to happen in each case to
get the file contents (i.e., do your own homework), you could have explained
it yourself. That said, you could have just measured it:

<http://php.net/microtime>

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		Reading a file on same server By: Bruce Lee on Wed, 31 July 2013 11:13
		Re: Reading a file on same server By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 31 July 2013 11:40
		Re: Reading a file on same server By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 31 July 2013 13:13
		Re: Reading a file on same server By: J.O. Aho on Wed, 31 July 2013 16:09
		Re: Reading a file on same server By: Luuk on Thu, 01 August 2013 19:28

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