Some PHP profiling results
I was just doing some profiling code in PHP so I figured I would share the results.
if-else is better than $var = (condition) ? true : false; 2/3 of the time. Tested 30 times at 2,000,000 times each. Difference was negligable in all cases.
using list() = each() is better than foreach() if you process the same array more than once, otherwise foreach() is better at least 3/4 of the time.
Turns out this was an error on my part. foreach() automatically resets the array before it starts, while list() = each() doesn't, thus in my code it said "We're at the end. We're done already" and stopped. After adding a manual reset() the foreach() code was always faster.
foreach() is better than for()'ing through array_keys() 29 times out of 30. Last time was probably due to hiccup in system.
You can download the profiler code here. It's set up to allow you to add a couple of functions and then compare their execution time X number of times (10 being default X). Very simple.
(updated file on server to reflect changes in code)
if-else is better than $var = (condition) ? true : false; 2/3 of the time. Tested 30 times at 2,000,000 times each. Difference was negligable in all cases.
Turns out this was an error on my part. foreach() automatically resets the array before it starts, while list() = each() doesn't, thus in my code it said "We're at the end. We're done already" and stopped. After adding a manual reset() the foreach() code was always faster.
foreach() is better than for()'ing through array_keys() 29 times out of 30. Last time was probably due to hiccup in system.
You can download the profiler code here. It's set up to allow you to add a couple of functions and then compare their execution time X number of times (10 being default X). Very simple.
(updated file on server to reflect changes in code)