Test: global vs. static

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "global" was the faster by 0.0278 seconds, (2.494% faster)

global 100%

static 97.506%

The global test took 1.0878 seconds.
The static test took 1.1156 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 277,034 loops for a total of 5,540,680 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000005) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.391) milliseconds per 277,034 loops.
Total difference 27.83 milliseconds for 5,540,680 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (4.4271) milliseconds and Code 2 was (6.4126) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "global", was:

/*
function foo_global($i)
{
	global $dummy;

	$dummy = $i;
}
*/

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
	foo_global($i);

The second test, "static", was:

/*
function foo_static($i)
{
	static $dummy = null;

	$dummy = $i;
}
*/

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
	foo_static($i);

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