Test: create_function vs. eval

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "eval()" was the faster by 0.0186 seconds, (1.840% faster)

eval() 100%

create_function() 98.16%

The eval() test took 0.993 seconds.
The create_function() test took 1.0116 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 272,844 loops for a total of 5,456,880 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.931) milliseconds per 272,844 loops.
Total difference 18.62 milliseconds for 5,456,880 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (1.3355) milliseconds and Code 2 was (1.6405) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

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

eval('
	$x = 0;
	$x += 5;

	if ($x >= 5)
		$x = 0;

	$x;
	$x;');

The second test, "create_function()", was:

/*
$GLOBALS['dummy'] = create_function('', '
	$x = 0;
	$x += 5;

	if ($x >= 5)
		$x = 0;

	$x;
	$x;');
*/

$GLOBALS['dummy']();

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