Historical Results
Based on (1) saved test runs, The test labeled "eval()" was (on average) the faster by 0.0643 seconds, (4.465% faster)
The eval() test took 1.376 seconds.
The include test took 1.4403 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 274,316 loops for a total of 5,486,320 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000012) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 274,316 loops.
- Total difference 64.31 milliseconds for 5,486,320 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'));