Re: preg_match vs ereg etc

In article <20020218130457.72986.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, annazaraah@yahoo.com (Digitalkoala) wrote: > I was just wondering what your opinions were on using preg_match, preg_split > instead of ereg and explode? > > I have to write a script to parse a lot of html and text files.. and I'm > looking to use the fastest possible functions to do this... preg_match() vs. ereg(): preg_* functions are supposed to be siginficantly faster than their ereg_* "equivalents", so preg_match() should be the winner here. preg_split() vs. explode(): these aren't "equivalent" functions. The former splits on a regular expression; the latter splits on a string value. -- CC