Comments on: php, sprintf and Memory Usage http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/01/php-sprintf-and-memory-usage/ Thoughts on programming, people and life Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:01:37 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Alex http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/01/php-sprintf-and-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-2422 Alex Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:12:09 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=574#comment-2422 Using your example as a base I ran a trial using sprintf to format a string that was about nine megs. Over 1000 loops sprintf wound up using over six more megs than using simple string concatenation. I guess sprintf really shouldn't be used with data that large. Using your example as a base I ran a trial using sprintf to format a string that was about nine megs. Over 1000 loops sprintf wound up using over six more megs than using simple string concatenation.

I guess sprintf really shouldn’t be used with data that large.

]]> By: Devin http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/01/php-sprintf-and-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Devin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:56:34 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=574#comment-104 I wonder if I was lied to.....appears from your testing that there is not a big hit in memory. Anyone else ? I wonder if I was lied to…..appears from your testing that there is not a big hit in memory. Anyone else ?

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