Just a quick time comparison of PHP’s preg_replace vs. str_replace
Here's a short and succinct comparison of running time to replace multiple characters in a given string. I ran the test 20 times each, so the numbers you will find are average running times: $start =...
View ArticlePHP array_diff vs foreach: a battle for speed
1000 runs w/ 1000 data elements in the two arrays (php array diff): 2.7389E-5 seconds 1000 runs w/ 1000 data elements in the two arrays (php foreach): 1.085E-7 seconds php array diff slower by 2.728E-5...
View ArticlePHP 5.2 mysql_connect w/ same parameters does not return a new connection!
This is subtle... I was writing some "reconnect" logic for a DB Class to catch and handle MySQL error code 2006, Server Gone Away. After a solid 5 hours of wasted time I traced the poor logic on my...
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