Re: PCRE vs. POSIX

From: Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:16:06 +0000
Subject: Re: PCRE vs. POSIX
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Rasmus Lerdorf (inventor of PHP) has said that PCRE is generally faster, but i haven't benchmarked myself. Of course strpos( ) is the fastest. "bill" <billt@ifelse.org> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.31.0104151603190.16630-100000@zaius.poa... > hi everyone, > > i have been using perl for quite some time, but after getting used to > php4, i think it rocks. > > i am wondering which is better, performance-wise, when trying to match the > same text: PCRE or POSIX extended in php4? > > cheers, > Bill > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >

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