Test: echo vs. ?>...<?php (static)

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The test labeled "echo" was the faster by 0.0119 seconds, (2.530% faster)

echo 100%

<?php ?> 97.47%

The echo test took 0.4599 seconds.
The <?php ?> test took 0.4719 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 123,389 loops for a total of 2,467,780 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000005) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.597) milliseconds per 123,389 loops.
Total difference 11.94 milliseconds for 2,467,780 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.5625) milliseconds and Code 2 was (0.5293) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "echo", was:

for ($j = 0; $j < 100; $j++)
	echo 'some text';

The second test, "<?php ?>", was:

for ($j = 0; $j < 100; $j++)
{
	?>some text<?php
}

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