Test: array_merge vs. + (string keys)

Semantically, array_merge() and + are identical when the arrays contain string keys.

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "array_merge()" was the faster by 0.0697 seconds, (8.641% faster)

array_merge() 100%

add operator 91.359%

The array_merge() test took 0.7364 seconds.
The add operator test took 0.8061 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 140,383 loops for a total of 2,807,660 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000025) milliseconds.
Avg difference (3.483) milliseconds per 140,383 loops.
Total difference 69.65 milliseconds for 2,807,660 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (7.9799) milliseconds and Code 2 was (7.1105) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

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

$array = array_merge($GLOBALS['dummy1'], $GLOBALS['dummy2'], $GLOBALS['dummy3']);

The second test, "add operator", was:

$array = $GLOBALS['dummy1'] + $GLOBALS['dummy2'] + $GLOBALS['dummy3'];

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