note 90320 added to function.base-convert

If you want to do sharding, at some point you will need to decide which shard to target. Here is a simple function to assign the data to a particular shard based on a key (usually identifier of the row) Here is a simple function to get the shard based on the key and the number of shards available function getShard($key,$nbShards) { $num = substr(base_convert(sha1($key), 16, 10),4,6); return $num%$nbShards; } ---- Server IP: 195.221.21.36 Probable Submitter: 82.150.248.28 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.base-convert.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/90320 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90320 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/90320 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php