php includes vs ssi includes
 

Do they slow down the site a lot? Bog down your server? I use the fuck out of them...

I started to switch everything to php includes... which is better?

:glugglug

Both are parsed so it's a 50/50 there.

PHP being a complete language though, I'd say you're going to
take a greater hit on the module running unless it's been
optimized to match the XSSI calls at the beginning of the code.
I haven't looked at the source in years, ... PHP experts want to
sound off?

it all depends on the situation, and how often the dynamic content changes

I've had good success running SSI in general, but I think the load associated with PHP includes could be about 10% less, hence not much difference in the real world. If you already have Apache compiled with PHP added, I would suggest continuing to use that, otherwise try the SSI includes, but those might need to be enabled/(loaded) mod_include for you to run SSI scripts

Go to any news organizations website and notice that the entire site is being built dynamically with a load of shit comming from every direction... SSI and PHP includes aren't going to make your shit go slower until you are hitting 10+ hits a second, so unless you are doing 800,000+ hits a day, forget about it and start worrying about real shit. Like, how am I going to get 800,000 hits a day so I can start worrying about Big Boys problems?

Thanks for the answers! :)

I've noticed that php includes tend to be a little slower than SSI includes which sucks if you're using php for other things.