What about replacing the existing array with array_slice? David
On 12/07/2012, at 9:43 PM, Jille Timmermans <ji...@quis.cx> wrote: > Hello, > > array_shift() currently reindexes the array after shifting one element. The > reindexing has quite some impact on it's performance. I would like to suggest > an extra parameter to array_shift() which can be used to prevent reindexing. > > From a few quick (and sloppy!) tests I get these results: > `reset($array); list($key, $value) = each($array); unset($array[$key]);` is > ~50-150 times faster than array_shift(). > Calling array_reverse() and using array_pop() is ~2000-5000 times faster. > > If you agree this would be an useful addition I will create a patch. > > -- Jille > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
