Hash Algorithm [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespaces in PHP 6 - ++$take]
| From: | Sebastian Bergmann | Date: | Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:20:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Hash Algorithm [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespaces in PHP 6 - ++$take] | ||
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Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:
> As your key size increases the slower the key hash generation process
> becomes, if you look at the PHP's hash key generation code you'll see
> that it works best for 8 or less chars, anything longer and the
> performance starts to drop.
It's been a long time since I studied hashes: are there no hashing
algorithms that perform better with more than 8 characters?
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