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Another solution (inspired by m4rw3r’s last solution):

function times ()
{
    while ($i < 96)
        $a[] = gmdate('h:iA', $i++*900);
    return $a;
}

Mine is fasteeer!!!! 😊

Nice one, James, 6 characters shorter (counting like I counted mine).
15% slower than mine, and 15% shorter 😛

Mine is fasteeer!!!! 😊

Yes, but that’s not the goal of this challenge is it?  😊

Seriously though, your solution is the most efficient so far with one loop, one function call, and one calculation. Mine has two calculations plus it uses a while loop which I think might be less efficient than a for loop for a known number of loops.

from the looks of it I thought James won, cause his code was so compact and fast.

but I was thinking of another challenge how about this lets take the 26 letters of the alphabet and then scramble them up and then from those mixed up letters we would have to produce the sentence:

“Codeignter helps you write kick ass php programs”

and the one whose code is the most concise and fast wins. We should make a coding Olympics section to this forum?

Here are some sets

String[] = ’ a-z’ // randomized
function return_string($randomized_alphabet) {
// code to take those randomized letters and then make return the said string
}

the shortest code wins

No that’s stupid man it would require to much code but I do like the idea about a coding Olympics

My real aims with these challenges is for them to be suitable for real world requirements - making the world a better (faster) place 😛

My real aims with these challenges is for them to be suitable for real world requirements - making the world a better (faster) place 😛

Couldya help a newbie out then, and tell me how i might use one of these to populate a select box? Cuz i need to do that in the real world.

Thanks,
Mike