I saw this article over on evolt.org today, offering up the evolt php'ers some hot tips to save time, cpu cycles and effort. Great in theory, shame about the actual advice though. First up is the classic "use $var++ instead of $var = $var + 1". While technically I'd agree with this, in the example he was giving it should really have been ++$var, otherwise the actual difference is insignificant. What worried me more however were the "tips" that followed...