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Fastest Hash Algorithm for Text Data
For some reason I have to convert some 4-5k chars long texts (in PHP) into an encoded format. Which encoding type would be the fastest, that supports long texts like this?
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1What do you mean with "encoding"? – Aurelio De Rosa Oct 07 '11 at 19:17
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3Read this. It could help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/384811/fastest-hash-algorithm-for-text-data – Aurelio De Rosa Oct 07 '11 at 19:19
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1Fastest encoding function: `f(x) = 0`. It's O(1). High hash collision rate though. – Frank Farmer Oct 07 '11 at 19:22
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Someone on PHP.net did some benchmarking with the different hash functions available. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.hash.php#89574
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