Test: global vs. local

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "global" was the faster by 0.0303 seconds, (4.076% faster)

global 100%

local 95.924%

The global test took 0.7131 seconds.
The local test took 0.7434 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 175,365 loops for a total of 3,507,300 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000009) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.515) milliseconds per 175,365 loops.
Total difference 30.30 milliseconds for 3,507,300 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (1.6771) milliseconds and Code 2 was (2.2749) 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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