did you know…

Did you know,that while preg_match is faster than ereg,mb_ereg is even faster? Well,it is.

It’s all about libraries,actually.

  • “ereg”uses good-ol’posix library,which is good,but… well… “old”.
  • “preg_match”uses PCRE
  • “mb_ereg”uses ultra-fast Oniguruma library
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  • Dmitry Smirnov (fantaseour)

    So there is another reason to use utf-8 :)

  • http://indeyets.pp.ru/ indeyets

    mb_ereg doesn’t limit you to use utf-8. just remember to specify encoding with mb_internal_encoding(‘Windows-1251′);

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