Test: else if vs. elseif

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Historical Results

Based on (1) saved test runs, The test labeled "else if" was (on average) the faster by 0.0125 seconds, (1.217% faster)

else if 100%

elseif 98.783%

The else if test took 1.0182 seconds.
The elseif test took 1.0307 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 289,611 loops for a total of 5,792,220 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000002) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 289,611 loops.
Total difference 12.54 milliseconds for 5,792,220 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.0000) milliseconds and Code 2 was (0.0000) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "else if", was:

if ($GLOBALS['dummy_false'])
	$GLOBALS['dummy_false'] = true;
else if ($GLOBALS['dummy_true'])
	$GLOBALS['dummy_true'] = true;

The second test, "elseif", was:

if ($GLOBALS['dummy_false'])
	$GLOBALS['dummy_false'] = true;
elseif ($GLOBALS['dummy_true'])
	$GLOBALS['dummy_true'] = true;

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