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Source   Test Once   Encoding text data with base64 and utf8_encode
base64 x 3.36 faster 0.0526utf8_encode 0.1769
Source   Test Once   Encoding binary data with base64 and utf8_encode
base64 x 5.25 faster 0.1229utf8_encode 0.6458
Source   Test Once   Encoding binary data with base64 and rawurlencode
base64 x 5.00 faster 0.1221rawurlencode 0.6105

Source   Test Once   Comparing checksums with crc32 and md5
crc32 x 8.00 faster 0.0008 md5 0.0064

Source   Test Once   Reading a binary file
fopen-fread-fclose x 1.09 faster 0.3891 file_get_contents 0.4253
Source   Test Once   Testing parse_ini_file vs assoc arrays (see http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=154126)
parse_ini_file x 1.11 faster 0.3976assoc 0.4427

Testing PHP 5.0.0RC1 Completed on WINNT. Benchmark done on: 19-Mar-2004 10:59:35

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