Hi, I have a few question about PHP/MySQL that I hope somebody can answer for me. Is the amount of server resources the same if I display data to the web visitors compared to if I only have it display for me? For example, if I was to use a hot or not clone created with PHP/MySQL, would I be using the same amount of server resources if I display the amount of votes to the website visitors in comparision to if I only have it display privately to me? Thanks in advance, -DigiP
A really helpful answer.... it depends. If it is a very well written application with efficient coding and db structure showing something like a vote count should be next to no resources. If on the other hand either the code is poor, it is a difficult task as it embeds the current vote onto the photo or the db is inefficient it could be resource heavy in which case yes, the more you show it to the more it will use