Test: file_exists vs. require

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "file_exists()" was the faster by 0.0405 seconds, (3.852% faster)

file_exists() 100%

require 96.148%

The file_exists() test took 1.0099 seconds.
The require test took 1.0504 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 279,294 loops for a total of 5,585,880 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000007) milliseconds.
Avg difference (2.023) milliseconds per 279,294 loops.
Total difference 40.46 milliseconds for 5,585,880 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.8257) milliseconds and Code 2 was (2.0592) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "file_exists()", was:

clearstatcache();

if (!file_exists('supplement/dummy.inc'))
	trigger_error('Required file not found!', E_USER_ERROR);
include('supplement/dummy.inc');

The second test, "require", was:

clearstatcache();
require('supplement/dummy.inc');

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