jQuery string manipulation performance vs. PHP

Im building a custom jquery modal box that loads an external html template file that contains variables that need to be replaced. For instance: [user-name]

I know I have 2 options for modifying the template file:

• use find and replace in jquery
• process the template server side and sim开发者_开发技巧ply send the result to jquery

From a user performance stand point, which would be faster?

From a user point of view it would be faster to use jquery . you don't loose time by sending and reciveing data from the server

Not having any details about why you're asking, I would say that it probably doesn't matter.