1.2.399. Echo With Concat

Optimize your echo’s by avoiding concatenating at echo time, but serving all argument separated. This will save PHP a memory copy.

If values, literals and variables, are small enough, this won’t have visible impact. Otherwise, this is less work and less memory waste. instead of It is a micro-optimisation.

<?php
  echo $a, ' b ', $c;
?>

1.2.399.1. Suggestions

• Turn the concatenation into a list of argument, by replacing the dots by commas.

1.2.399.2. Specs

Short name	Structures/EchoWithConcat
Rulesets	All, Analyze, Performances, Suggestions
Exakat since	0.8.4
PHP Version	All
Severity	Minor
Time To Fix	Quick (30 mins)
Precision	Very high
Features	echo
ClearPHP	no-unnecessary-string-concatenation
Examples	Phpdocumentor, TeamPass
Available in	Entreprise Edition, Exakat Cloud