Arkadiusz Kondas • 3/1/2019

Binary heap implementation in PHP

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This article provides a detailed, technical tutorial on implementing a binary heap in PHP. It covers the core concepts of min-heaps and max-heaps, explains the data structure's use in algorithms like priority queues and heap sort, and includes a full code implementation with a customizable score function. The author also compares the custom implementation to PHP's native SPL (Standard PHP Library) and shares surprising performance results.

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