URL handling – PHP vs Apache Rewrite

Question

Currently I let a single PHP script handle all incoming URLs. This PHP script then parses the URL and loads the specific handler for that URL. Like this:

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Answer 1

OK, as for efficiency - htaccess version with regexp and php version with single regexp and loading of matching file would be faster than many htaccess rules or many php if - else

Apart from that, htaccess and php way should be similar in efficiency in that case, probably with little gain with htaccess (eliminating one require in php)