note 68755 added to ref.bc

An amendment to the entry by pulstar at mail dot com - the digits() function can be made much faster (remove the line breaks from the big string, and make sure you don't miss any characters!): function digits2($base) { if($base < 64) { $digits = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-_'; } else { $digits = "\x0\x1\x2\x3\x4\x5\x6\x7\x8\x9\xa\xb\xc\xd\xe\xf \x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f ! \"#\x24%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>? @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz {|}~\x7f\x80\x81\x82\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8a\x8b\x8c\x8d \x8e\x8f\x90\x91\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97\x98\x99\x9a\x9b\x9c\x9d \x9e\x9f\xa0\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab\xac\xad \xae\xaf\xb0\xb1\xb2\xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba\xbb\xbc\xbd \xbe\xbf\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc6\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca\xcb\xcc\xcd \xce\xcf\xd0\xd1\xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd7\xd8\xd9\xda\xdb\xdc\xdd \xde\xdf\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3\xe4\xe5\xe6\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb\xec\xed \xee\xef\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe \xff"; } return substr($digits, 0, $base); } in my benchmarks, this is around 150x faster for 256 digits ---- Server IP: 85.116.0.130 Probable Submitter: 87.74.30.27 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.bc.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/68755 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68755 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/68755 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php