Historical Results
Based on (3) saved test runs, The test labeled "eval()" was (on average) the faster by 0.0236 seconds, (2.848% faster)
The eval() test took 0.8041 seconds.
The include test took 0.8277 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 185,179 loops for a total of 3,703,587 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000006) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 185,179 loops.
- Total difference 23.57 milliseconds for 3,703,587 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'));