Regex Optimization

This page will keep track of all Regex improvements. Once the code improvement has been added, just mark it as Added.

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[b][color=red]NOT ADDED[/color][/b] [b]system/helpers/string_helper.php - line 70[/b]

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[b][color=red]APPROVED BY:[/color][/b]

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[b][color=red]BEFORE:[/color][/b] 10000 iterations take about [b]0.0873 seconds[/b] [code] function reduce_double_slashes($str) { return preg_replace("#([^:])//+#", "\1/", $str); } [/code]

[b][color=green]AFTER:[/color][/b] 10000 iterations take about [b]0.0429 seconds[/b] [code] function reduce_double_slashes($str) { return preg_replace('#(?<!:)//+#', '/', $str); // twice as fast, woot! } [/code]

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