Comments on: Filtering Array Elements in PHP Using an Anonymous Function http://neverusethisfont.com/blog/2009/02/filtering-array-elements-in-php-using-an-anonymous-function/ Ramblings of a Designer/Programmer Thu, 20 May 2010 01:16:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul http://neverusethisfont.com/blog/2009/02/filtering-array-elements-in-php-using-an-anonymous-function/comment-page-1/#comment-3863 Paul Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:38:29 +0000 http://neverusethisfont.com/blog/2009/02/filtering-array-elements-in-php-using-an-anonymous-function/#comment-3863 I was testing with a filter set that returned no results O.O it's still about 2x faster. I was testing with a filter set that returned no results O.O it’s still about 2x faster.

]]> By: Paul http://neverusethisfont.com/blog/2009/02/filtering-array-elements-in-php-using-an-anonymous-function/comment-page-1/#comment-3862 Paul Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:28:08 +0000 http://neverusethisfont.com/blog/2009/02/filtering-array-elements-in-php-using-an-anonymous-function/#comment-3862 You can achieve the same functionality about 10x faster using static variables. foreach ($_GET as $k => $v) { filterer($k, $v); $data = array_filter($data, 'filterer'); } function filterer($var, $val = false) { static $key, $value; if ($val) { $key = $var; $value = $val; return; } return strpos($var[$key], $value) !== false; } You can achieve the same functionality about 10x faster using static variables.

foreach ($_GET as $k => $v) {
filterer($k, $v);
$data = array_filter($data, ‘filterer’);
}

function filterer($var, $val = false) {
static $key, $value;
if ($val) {
$key = $var;
$value = $val;
return;
}
return strpos($var[$key], $value) !== false;
}

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