dirname(__FILE__) and __DIR__ give exactly the same result in PHP, although one (__DIR__) is evaluated at compile-time, while the other (dirname(__FILE__)) has at least part of it (the function) evaluated at execution time. Ever wondered what the difference is, in terms of efficiency, between the two? I’ve written a *very* simple script to try it […]
Following up on my previous post about the differences between the mbstring and iconv international characters libraries (which resulted in a tentative conclusion that nobody knew anything about those differences), and particularly the comments by Nicola, we have combined forces (mostly efforts from Nicola, actually) to provide you with a little benchmarking, if that can […]
There’s a nice comparative study (if I get it right, it’s based on analysis a few months back) between e-learning solutions here. The nice thing is it offers a cute chart of 4 axis of analysis, by an external company, so this is more likely to be a neutral result. No mention of Blackboard though…
This article was first written in February 2005 for the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/209). Since then, other massive players like Lucene and Xapian have been considered as open-source search engines, but were not included yet into this comparison. Introduction This article is an attempt to compare objectively the two wonderful Open Source Indexation Tools that […]
This article was first written in January 2005 for the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/195). Warning: This article is still work in progress. You have to keep in mind that speed is somewhat relative. It is often just a question of personal feeling, especially for a desktop machine. There are many ways to speed your Linux […]
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