Okay, thanks all.
I think what I'll do is save the data in a DB, and then read it in
to an array when the script is first called. That way it doesn't need
to perform the SQL query per mime_type hundreds of times, and can just
key it from the array.
How would I go about benchmarking the different
> explain the phrase "big array."
I guess everything is relative!
We're talking about 300-500 items here.
Paul
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I have a quick question about which would the best way to implement
something in terms of performance. Using a database, or just creating
a big array in memory?
I have a PHP file manager script which creates an array of all
files in a directory, and get's their mime types. It then prints
these fi
