2010/1/20 Rene Veerman <rene7705@xxxxxxxxx>: > this is at least 1000% faster > > the crux is that array()+=array() is way faster than any array_merge() > operations. > > global $hmGenKeys; > $hmGenKeys = 0; > function htmlMicroscope_generateRandomArray ($maxKeys, $maxDepth, > $maxDuration=-1) { > global $hmGenKeys; > if ($maxKeys!==null) { > $hmGenKeys = $maxKeys; > } > > $hmGenKeys--; > if ($hmGenKeys<=0) return false; > if ($maxDepth==0) return false; > srand(htmlMicroscope_randMakeSeed()); > while ($hmGenKeys > 0) { > $range = rand(0,40); > file_put_contents('countdown.txt', $hmGenKeys); > for ($i=0; $i<$range && $hmGenKeys>=0; $i++) { > $hmGenKeys--; > if ($maxDuration!=-1 && $maxDuration < getDuration()) { > return false; > } else { > $r = array(); > switch (rand(1,2)) { > case 1 : > $next = htmlMicroscope_generateRandomArray (null, > $maxDepth-1, $maxDuration); > if ($next!==false) > $r += array( > htmlMicroscope_randomValue(3) => $next > ); > break; > case 2 : > $r += array( > htmlMicroscope_randomValue(3) => htmlMicroscope_randomValue(20) > ); > break; > } > } > } > } > return $r; > } > > function htmlMicroscope_randomValue($maxLength) { > $r = ''; > switch (rand(0,9)) { > case 0 : $r = rand (0,100000000); break; > case 1 : $r = rand (0,100000000) / rand(1,100) / 3; break; > default: > switch (rand(0,1)) { > case 0: > for ($i = 0; $i < $maxLength; $i++) { > $r.= unichr(rand(0,hexdec('ffff'))); > } > break; > case 1: > for ($i = 0; $i < $maxLength; $i++) { > $r.=chr(rand(ord('a'),ord('z')));; > } > break; > } > break; > } > //echo $r.'<br/>'.$maxLength.'<br/>'; > return $r; > } > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Also take a watch of the php|Architect webcast Jun 26 Matthew Turland New SPL Features in PHP 5.3. This covered the ArrayObject and ArrayAccess class/interface. When dealing with a LOT of data, this interface outperforms standard PHP array. http://www.phparch.com/webcasts http://mtadata.s3.amazonaws.com/webcasts/20090623-spl.wmv -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php