Which technique will render the embedded/included code fastest? I’m concerned about load time on a current project.

Thanks,

Kevin

It just depends. What are you trying to include?

You might first ask about which is possible in your situation. For instance, do PHP Include an EE Template, you have to be able to PHP include by URL since the template groups and templates are virtual, not real.  Many hosts do not allow PHP includes by URL.

So it really depends what you need to do; you an always cache your embeds, of course.

Two examples:

1. Header info - stuff like doctype, metadata that will remain the same for each page.
2. Style sheet - better to keep this outside my EE install and like to it via a php include or inside EE with an embed? Which will give me better performance?

For header info, use a User Defined Global Template, I’d say.

If you’re going to keep it outside of your EE install, you wouldn’t link to it via PHP - you’d call it as a <link> just like any standard HTML.  In EE, the same, you wouldn’t embed your stylesheet, you’d link it.