Historical Results
Based on (1) saved test runs, The test labeled "include" was (on average) the faster by 0.0366 seconds, (4.234% faster)
The include test took 0.8273 seconds.
The eval() test took 0.8639 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 212,531 loops for a total of 4,250,620 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000009) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 212,531 loops.
- Total difference 36.58 milliseconds for 4,250,620 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'));