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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:03:13 +0300
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To: Samuel ROZE <samuel.roze@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP modules (pecl) and PHP codes (pear)
From: indeyets@gmail.com (Alexey Zakhlestin)


On 29.10.2009, at 12:34, Samuel ROZE wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'll have to develop a function like "parse_url", but "parse_referrer"
> which provides informations about the URL (the referrer): provider,
> keywords, type of search (search, cache, translation, ...), real page
> url...
>
> I don't really know how I'll do that: using a .ini file like
> "get_browser" ? I think it will be too complicated and difficult to
> build.. but maybe it is a good idea ? Or create it in C as an
> extension...
>
> I want to know if compiled extensions in C are really faster than an  
> PHP
> function ?

Usually, it is a good idea to write it in PHP at first and then port  
to C, if performance is poor