Test: create_function vs. closure inside loop

Using create_function vs anonymous lambda function in a loop

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "create_function()" was the faster by 0.0067 seconds, (0.894% faster)

create_function() 100%

lambda 99.106%

The create_function() test took 0.7411 seconds.
The lambda test took 0.7478 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 138,175 loops for a total of 2,763,500 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000002) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.334) milliseconds per 138,175 loops.
Total difference 6.69 milliseconds for 2,763,500 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (6.3294) milliseconds and Code 2 was (6.6610) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

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

$a = $GLOBALS['a'];
for($i = 0; $i < 100; ++$i) {
	$callback = create_function('$n', 'return $n;');
	array_map($callback, $a);
}

The second test, "lambda", was:

$a = $GLOBALS['a'];
for($i = 0; $i < 100; ++$i) {
	$callback2 = function($n) { return $n; };
	array_map($callback2, $a);
}

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