Code is slow to execute:

[mancroft]

Code is slow to execute:

The following code to create a url is very slow to execute so when the url link is clicked on, the page takes several seconds to open. Is there a way to speed this up?

$theuserid = "3";
$url =  '<a href = edit.php?action=edit&item=';
$url .= "$theuserid";
$url .= ' target=\"_blank\">';
$url .= "$theuserid";
$url .= '</a>';

echo $url;

 

[ingresman]

Try to acceess the URL by typing into the address bar of the browser, how long does it take to come back. In this case I think it does deoend on ehat the target URL is doing, PHP wil have no difficulty generating the URL, but remember when you click it the page is in your browser, PHP has finished it wirk.

 

[DRJ478]

At the moment you have a full page in your browser PHP has finished its work - it is a server side technology. Opening the URL is a client side function.

Recommendation:
Double quote the attributes in the <a> tag.

$theuserid = "3";
$url =  '<a href = "edit.php?action=edit&item=';
$url .= "$theuserid";
#Note: there's no need to escape the double quotes within a single quoted context
$url .= ' target="_blank">';
$url .= $theuserid;
$url .= '</a>';

echo $url;