Test: define constants vs. variables

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The test labeled "constants" was the faster by 0.0088 seconds, (1.074% faster)

constants 100%

variables 98.926%

The constants test took 0.8102 seconds.
The variables test took 0.819 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 226,291 loops for a total of 4,525,820 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000002) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.440) milliseconds per 226,291 loops.
Total difference 8.80 milliseconds for 4,525,820 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (2.4549) milliseconds and Code 2 was (2.5903) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "constants", was:

define('CONSTANT' . $GLOBALS['i'], $GLOBALS['x'] . $GLOBALS['y'] . $GLOBALS['z']);
$GLOBALS['i']++;

The second test, "variables", was:

$GLOBALS['CONSTANT' . $GLOBALS['i']] = $GLOBALS['x'] . $GLOBALS['y'] . $GLOBALS['z'];
$GLOBALS['i']++;

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