Result: Discarded
The test labeled "substr()" was the faster by 0.0646 seconds, (5.706% faster)
The substr() test took 1.0681 seconds.
The $str[] test took 1.1328 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 293,308 loops for a total of 5,866,160 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000011) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (3.232) milliseconds per 293,308 loops.
- Total difference 64.63 milliseconds for 5,866,160 loops
The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (3.0646) milliseconds and Code 2 was (6.4354) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.
Code
The first test, "substr()", was:
for ($j = 0; $j < 1000; $j++) $GLOBALS['dummy2'] = substr($GLOBALS['dummy'], -1);
The second test, "$str[]", was:
for ($j = 0; $j < 1000; $j++) $GLOBALS['dummy2'] = $GLOBALS['dummy'][strlen($GLOBALS['dummy'])-1];