Test: function vs. class method

Tests for any difference between calling a free function or a member function.

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "class method" was the faster by 0.0164 seconds, (2.202% faster)

class method 100%

function 97.798%

The class method test took 0.7287 seconds.
The function test took 0.7451 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 210,689 loops for a total of 4,213,780 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000004) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.820) milliseconds per 210,689 loops.
Total difference 16.41 milliseconds for 4,213,780 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.5839) milliseconds and Code 2 was (1.1167) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "class method", was:

/*
class Example
{
	var $x;

	function foo()
	{
		$this->x = 42;

		return 42;
	}
}
*/

$test = new Example();

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] = $test->foo();

The second test, "function", was:

/*
function example_foo(&$array)
{
	$array['x'] = 42;

	return 42;
}
*/

$test = array();

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] = example_foo($test);

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