Better way to count bits set in an integer?

[Jim McIntyre <jmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Is there a better/more efficient way to determine how many bits are 
set in an integer than this?

  substr_count(base_convert($myValue, 10, 2), '1');

I'm using PHP 4.

Thanks,
Jim

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