Historical Results
Based on (2) saved test runs, The test labeled "include" was (on average) the faster by 0.0169 seconds, (1.971% faster)
The include test took 0.8394 seconds.
The eval() test took 0.8563 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 221,169 loops for a total of 4,423,370 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000004) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 221,169 loops.
- Total difference 16.87 milliseconds for 4,423,370 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'));