Test: global vs. local

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "local" was the faster by 0.0376 seconds, (7.204% faster)

local 100%

global 92.796%

The local test took 0.4845 seconds.
The global test took 0.5221 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 133,057 loops for a total of 2,661,140 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000014) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.881) milliseconds per 133,057 loops.
Total difference 37.62 milliseconds for 2,661,140 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (4.0531) milliseconds and Code 2 was (1.1598) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "global", was:

global $dummy;
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
	$dummy = $i;

The second test, "local", was:

$dummy = null;
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
	$dummy = $i;

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