At 04:28 PM 6/3/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I am curious, besides some language quarks, like multidimentional > >> arrays, what sorts of things can you do in Java which can not be done > >> in PHP? > > > > I'm actually curious about the multidimensional arrays point. Exactly > > what do you mean? PHP can obviously do $a[1][2][3][4]... > >Maybe it has been fixed. > >Take this: > >$a[5][1000] >and >$b[1000][5] > >Which uses more memory? Even though, conceptually, they have the same >number of elements, $b is FAR more >inefficient.
In PHP, both use the same amount of memory (very little, roughly two zval's and two HashTable's). > AFAIK there are no "multidimentional" arrays in PHP, but the ability to > create arrays of arrays, which >while similar in syntax, are different in implementation. Right. Zeev -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
