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  Encoding text data with base64 and utf8_encode
base64 x 3.17 faster 0.0528utf8_encode 0.1672
  Encoding binary data with base64 and utf8_encode
base64 x 4.95 faster 0.1296utf8_encode 0.6421
  Encoding binary data with base64 and rawurlencode
base64 x 4.70 faster 0.1286rawurlencode 0.6044

  Comparing checksums with crc32 and md5
crc32 x 9.14 faster 0.0007 md5 0.0064

  Reading a binary file
fopen-fread-fclose x 1.06 faster 0.3062 file_get_contents 0.3239

Testing PHP 4.3.3 Completed on WINNT. Benchmark done on: 29-Feb-2004 15:21:10

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