Computing-intensive, time-consuming and whatever else expensive functions do ;-)
Bogdan Joshua E Minnie wrote: >Expensive how? > >-josh > >"Bogdan Stancescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I'd recommend writing a wrapper around base_convert, naming it hex2bin >>and using that instead. base_convert() is way too expensive for this >>purpose (you know that any hex figure is translated to exactly four >>bits, so you don't need any actual conversion - just replacement). This >>is why I suggested the wrapper - you can change the code at any time if >>you see it's too time-consuming... >> > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php