Question

I have the following simple code to test against collision on a primary key I am creating:

$machine_ids = array();

for($i = 0; $i < 100000; $i++) {
    //Generate machine id returns a 15 character alphanumeric string
    $mid = Functions::generate_machine_id();

    if(in_array($mid, $machine_ids)) {
        die("Collision!");
    } else {
        $machine_ids[] = $mid;  
    }
}

die("Success!");

Any idea why this is taking many minutes to run? Anyway to speed it up?

Answer 1

for($i = 0; $i < 100000; $i++) 
{
  //Generate machine id returns a 15 character alphanumeric string
  $mid = Functions::generate_machine_id();
  if (isset($machine_ids[$mid]))
  {
    die("Collision!");
  }
  $machine_ids[$mid] = true;
}