Re: What search algorithm does in_array() use?

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On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 19:14 -0600, Richard Lynch wrote:
> On Mon, January 29, 2007 7:03 pm, Robert Cummings wrote:
> > 
> > Only perfect hashes have O(1) lookup, and in practice there are very
> > few
> > perfect hashes set up in reality since the cost to produce a perfect
> > hash outweighs the time necessary to find the value. You'll find that
> > most lookup systems are on the order of O( lg n ). PHP is no
> > exception.
> 
> I rememberd that after I hit "Send"
> 
> Oh well.

:)

> It's still way the hell better than what we suspect in_array() does.

For sure.

Cheers,
Rob.
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