Why don't you set a cache as described in the docu to speed up the class ?
See Zend_Currency::setCache
Greetings
Thomas
I18N Team Leader
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Subject: [fw-i18n] Zend_Currency: Exceptionally slow instantiation.
> On my local testing environment I've noticed that simply instantiating
> Zend_Currency takes exceptionally long (1.5 - 2 seconds).
>
> Examples:
>
> $currency = new Zend_Currency('en_US'); // takes 1.5 - 2 seconds.
>
> I'm running PHP 5.2.1 with the latest snapshot on Mac OS X 10.4.1. Any
> ideas?
>
