Historical Results
Based on (2) saved test runs, The test labeled "include" was (on average) the faster by 0.0177 seconds, (1.901% faster)
The include test took 0.9157 seconds.
The eval() test took 0.9335 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 183,238 loops for a total of 3,664,760 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000005) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 183,238 loops.
- Total difference 17.75 milliseconds for 3,664,760 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'));