couple of question about php speed

[dreamwest]

I have alot of ifelse clauses in my search script which adds up to 20KB.

 

I wondering if i put these into an external file as functions or include the ifelse script

 

if(somethin == true){
function stuff(one,two);
}

 

or a ifelse include

 

include_once('ifelse.php');

 

Would this increase my loading time and wich would be faster?

[Alex]

Setting the contents of an elseif to a function would just increase the time it takes it to process (though, not noticeably) because it's calling an additional function. The same would hold true for the include.