On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 03:06, Galen wrote:
> I'm working on some code that deals with a LOT of results from a MySQL 
> database and drops them into an array. It deals with about 17,200 
> results on a very fast box in about 0.5 seconds, which is not too bad, 
> until I realize I may need to call it on about that many results 
> several times in a page.
> 
> Is there any way to speed things up? Change to a different loop type? 
> Some other technique for pulling the data out of the database faster? 
> My only requirement is that the array format remain unchanged (yes, 
> associative values are important).
> 
> Here's the code, which seems awfully simple:
> 
>       for($i=0; $i < $num_results; $i++)
>       {       
>               $search_results[$i] = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);
>       }

You might squeeze a little more speed by using the following:

while( ($search_results[] = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) !== false );
array_pop( $search_results );

Cheers,
Rob.
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