Efficiency

[HDFilmMaker2112]

Just looking for an opinion on which one of these two pieces of code would process faster:

 

 

<tr align="center" class="border">
<td class="border">';
if($copper=="yes"){
$content.= '<span class="strike">Copper</span>';
}
else{
$content.= 'Copper';
}
$content.='
</td>
<td class="border">
';
if($copper=="yes"){
$content.= '<span class="strike">$10 - $35</span>';
}
else{
$content.= '
$10 - $35';
}
$content.='
</td>
<td class="border">';
if($copper=="yes"){
$content.= '<span class="strike">800</span>';
}
else{
$content.= '
800';
}
$content.='
</td>
<td class="border">';
if($copper=="yes"){
$content.='Levels that are crossed out are full.';
}
else{
$content.='Name in end Credits + Nickel Level';
}
$content.='
</td>
</tr>

 

vs.

 

if($copper=="yes"){
<tr align="center" class="border">
<td class="border">
<span class="strike">Copper</span>
</td>
<td class="border">
<span class="strike">$10 - $35</span>
</td>
<td class="border">
<span class="strike">800</span>
</td>
<td class="border">
Levels that are crossed out are full.
</td>
</tr>
}
else{
<tr align="center" class="border">
<td class="border">
Copper
</td>
<td class="border">
$10 - $35
</td>
<td class="border">
800
</td>
<td class="border">
Name in end Credits + Nickel Level
</td>
</tr>
}

[KevinM1]

Negligible difference between the two.  Such micro-optimization is usually a waste of time.  Focus on the real bottlenecks (read: database), and cache when you can.  Look into memcache and APC for examples.