note 20462 deleted from function.explode by didou
| From: | didou@php.net | Date: | Sun, 07 Dec 2003 03:12:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 20462 deleted from function.explode by didou | ||
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Note Submitter: ken@positive-edge.com
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Just as a quick node, if you are trying to explode a string into an array by spaces and tabs, I did
some profiling (for a time-intensive application) and the results suggest that doing a
$array = preg_split( "/[ \t]+/", $string );
is jsut as fast as doing the explode. I don't mean 'roughly' - I really mean to
microsecond. The test conducted were executed over 50,000 times on various strings and the time was
nearly identical. Thought this would help people profile their stuff better.