Test: array_push vs. [] =

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "$array[] =" was the faster by 0.0108 seconds, (1.793% faster)

$array[] = 100%

array_push() 98.207%

The $array[] = test took 0.5893 seconds.
The array_push() test took 0.6 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 156,343 loops for a total of 3,126,860 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.538) milliseconds per 156,343 loops.
Total difference 10.76 milliseconds for 3,126,860 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (2.0971) milliseconds and Code 2 was (1.2031) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

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

$array = array();
for ($n = 0; $n < 8; $n++)
{
	for ($i = 0; $i < 50; $i++)
		array_push($array, $i);
}

The second test, "$array[] =", was:

$array = array();
for ($n = 0; $n < 8; $n++)
{
	for ($i = 0; $i < 50; $i++)
		$array[] = $i;
}

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