Test: in_array vs. key

Is it faster to use a key to lookup (in arrays with many values), or in_array?

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "key" was the faster by 0.1225 seconds, (10.135% faster)

key 100%

in_array() 89.865%

The key test took 1.0863 seconds.
The in_array() test took 1.2088 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 280,696 loops for a total of 5,613,920 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000022) milliseconds.
Avg difference (6.126) milliseconds per 280,696 loops.
Total difference 122.52 milliseconds for 5,613,920 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (8.9444) milliseconds and Code 2 was (4.2192) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "in_array()", was:

for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = in_array($i * 20, $GLOBALS['dummy']);

The second test, "key", was:

for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = isset($GLOBALS['dummy'][$i * 20]);

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