>>>>> "Knut" == Knut Urdalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Knut> Michael Schmitz wrote:
>> As regards $_ENV superglobal, depending on php.ini (parameter
>> variables_order) this variable may or may not be prefilled. In my
>> opinion we should not to much on php.ini and therefore should use
>> getenv() instead of at least in addition to $_ENV.
Knut> One thing about getenv(). I remember running into a
Knut> performance issue regarding getenv() and PEAR::Date
Knut> earlier. My code produced quite a lot of Date-objects and
Knut> PEAR::Date fetching the timezone information each time. So
Knut> I'm a bit worried that adding getenv() here could reduce
Knut> performance. I don't have the time to write a benchmark test
Knut> right now, but I just wanted to mention it.
Ok, this might indeed be a problem, but if we call getenv() only if
neither $_SERVER nor $_ENV contains whatever we're looking for,
performance should no degrade.
