Test: array_diff vs. ==

Is using array_diff() better than an == check?

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "==" was the faster by 0.0279 seconds, (5.249% faster)

== 100%

array_diff() 94.751%

The == test took 0.504 seconds.
The array_diff() test took 0.5319 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 129,164 loops for a total of 2,583,280 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000011) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.396) milliseconds per 129,164 loops.
Total difference 27.92 milliseconds for 2,583,280 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (4.5190) milliseconds and Code 2 was (3.3510) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

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

for ($n = 0; $n < 20; $n++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = count(array_diff($GLOBALS['dummy'], $GLOBALS['dummy_pass'], $GLOBALS['dummy_pass2'])) === 0;
for ($n = 0; $n < 20; $n++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = count(array_diff($GLOBALS['dummy'], $GLOBALS['dummy_fail'], $GLOBALS['dummy_fail2'])) === 0;

The second test, "==", was:

for ($n = 0; $n < 20; $n++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = $GLOBALS['dummy'] == $GLOBALS['dummy_pass'] && $GLOBALS['dummy'] == $GLOBALS['dummy_pass2'];
for ($n = 0; $n < 20; $n++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = $GLOBALS['dummy'] == $GLOBALS['dummy_fail'] && $GLOBALS['dummy'] == $GLOBALS['dummy_fail2'];

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