<?php
class TextTest { public function entities($str) { return htmlentities($str); } }
$answerset = array('answers'=>array(50=>array('answerlong'=>'some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!some super long crazy long string that really shouldn\'t be so long, but it is anyway!')));
$text = new TextTest();
ob_start();
$time = microtime(1);
$i = 0;
while($i++ < 10000) echo'<td>',$text->entities($answerSet['answers'][$questionId]['answerLong']),'</td>';
ob_end_clean();
echo (microtime(1)-$time)." seconds for commas";
echo "\n";
ob_start();
$time = microtime(1);
$i = 0;
while($i++ < 10000) echo'<td>'.$text->entities($answerSet['answers'][$questionId]['answerLong']).'</td>';
ob_end_clean();
echo (microtime(1)-$time)." seconds for dot";