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PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms

By : Mizanur Rahman
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Book Image

PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms

5 (1)
By: Mizanur Rahman

Overview of this book

PHP has always been the the go-to language for web based application development, but there are materials and resources you can refer to to see how it works. Data structures and algorithms help you to code and execute them effectively, cutting down on processing time significantly. If you want to explore data structures and algorithms in a practical way with real-life projects, then this book is for you. The book begins by introducing you to data structures and algorithms and how to solve a problem from beginning to end using them. Once you are well aware of the basics, it covers the core aspects like arrays, listed lists, stacks and queues. It will take you through several methods of finding efficient algorithms and show you which ones you should implement in each scenario. In addition to this, you will explore the possibilities of functional data structures using PHP and go through advanced algorithms and graphs as well as dynamic programming. By the end, you will be confident enough to tackle both basic and advanced data structures, understand how they work, and know when to use them in your day-to-day work
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Using heaps as a priority queue

 

One of the main ways to use the heap data structure is to create a priority queue. As we have seen in Chapter 4, Constructing Stacks and Queues, priority queues are special queues where the FIFO behavior depends on the priority of the element rather than the way items are added to the queue. We have already seen the implementation using Linked list and SPL. Now we are going to explore the priority queue implementation using heap and especially max-heap.

 

Now we are going to implement the priority queue using MaxHeap. Here, the maximum priority item is removed from the queue first. Our implementation will be similar to our last implementation of MinHeap with a little difference. Instead of starting the root at 1, we want to start it from 0. So, the calculation of the left and right child changes as well. This will help us to understand...