php mbstrlen,PHP: mb_strlen - Manual

Just did a little benchmarking (1.000.000 times with lorem ipsum text) on the mbs functions

especially mb_strtolower and mb_strtoupper are really slow (up to 100 times slower compared to normal functions). Other functions are alike-ish, but sometimes up to 5 times slower.

just be cautious when using mb_ functions in high frequented scripts.

# test runs: 1000000

# benchmarking strlen vs. mb_strlen

# normal strlen: 3.6795361042023 ms, average: 3.6795361042023E-6 ms

# mb_strlen: 5.5934538841248 ms, average: 5.5934538841248E-6 ms

ok 1 - mb_strlen is slower than strlen

# mb_strlen is 1.52 slower than strlen

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# benchmarking strpos vs. mb_strpos

# normal strpos: 5.5523281097412 ms, average: 5.5523281097412E-6 ms

# mb_strlen: 31.180974960327 ms, average: 3.1180974960327E-5 ms

ok 2 - mb_strlen is slower than strlen

# mb_strpos is 5.62 slower than strpos

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# benchmarking substr vs. mb_substr

# normal substr: 3.4437320232391 ms, average: 3.4437320232391E-6 ms

# mb_strlen: 3.5374181270599 ms, average: 3.5374181270599E-6 ms

ok 3 - mb_strlen is slower than strlen

# mb_substr is 1.03 slower than substr

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# benchmarking strtolower vs. mb_strtolower

# normal strtolower: 4.446839094162 ms, average: 4.446839094162E-6 ms

# mb_strlen: 193.44901108742 ms, average: 0.00019344901108742 ms

ok 4 - mb_strlen is slower than strlen

# mb_strtolower is 43.5 slower than strtolower

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# benchmarking strtoupper vs. mb_strtoupper

# normal strtoupper: 3.0210740566254 ms, average: 3.0210740566254E-6 ms

# mb_strlen: 340.71775603294 ms, average: 0.00034071775603294 ms

ok 5 - mb_strlen is slower than strlen

# mb_strtoupper is 112.78 slower than strtoupper