Historical Results
Based on (1) saved test runs, The test labeled "eval()" was (on average) the faster by 0.0022 seconds, (0.192% faster)
The eval() test took 1.1336 seconds.
The include test took 1.1358 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 209,479 loops for a total of 4,189,580 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000001) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 209,479 loops.
- Total difference 2.18 milliseconds for 4,189,580 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, "include", was:
clearstatcache();
include('supplement/dummy.inc');
The second test, "eval()", was:
clearstatcache();
eval('?' . '>' . file_get_contents('supplement/dummy.inc'));