V Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I'm in a dilemma. I'm making a voting system and I'm not sure whether it's better to store voters IP addresses in the database or a text file. I don't know if it's good to put too much data into a table or if it takes longer to retrieve data form a text file.. What are your thoughts? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/205867-where-to-store-data-db-table-or-text-file/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Database will be faster than a textfile, as that is what they were designed for...to store data. Flatfiles will be loads slower as they are not designed to be used as a database. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/205867-where-to-store-data-db-table-or-text-file/#findComment-1077260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 In general for higher traffic you should use a database. Remember that two or more people can not write to one file simultaneously. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/205867-where-to-store-data-db-table-or-text-file/#findComment-1077262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 Thanks for the info! I'm definitely convinced to use the db Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/205867-where-to-store-data-db-table-or-text-file/#findComment-1077267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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