Does using namespaces make a site faster or slower? That’s what I would like to know.
If it helps improving site performance, then i would like to start using it right now. But if it degrades it, then i don’t want to use it at all – even a little performance makes big difference in my project.
Dos anyone have a benchmark on this? What are your views?
PHP Namespaces are largely if not totally irrelevant for the performance of your site. They aid you at writing well-encapsulated and structured code – that’s why you should not be afraid to use them, at least if your project reaches a certain complexity.
If you’re really worried about performance, you should profile first and check where your real bottlenecks lie.