Re: foreach vs. while(list() = each())
| From: | Brian Clark | Date: | Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:49:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: foreach vs. while(list() = each()) | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
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@ 3:45:39 AM on 4/12/2001, Brian Clark wrote:
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>> You don't need to reset() the array, You also don't need list() and
>> each(), which impose additional overhead. You put the array loop to
>> the foreach() implementation, which is in C, instead of
>> implementing it with PHP with while(), list() and each(). That must
>> be a lot faster.
D'oh, I need to be asleep. Sorry for shooting blanks. :)
Anyway, I was just going to say that I wanted this in PHP3 for a long
time (foreach()), then it arrived, and we're still using PHP3 for
various reasons (don't ask) and PHP3 doesn't have foreach(). :(
<violin>
It's quite a sad story.
</violin>
-Brian
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