Historical Results
Based on (2) saved test runs, The test labeled "substr()" was (on average) the faster by 0.0087 seconds, (1.159% faster)
The substr() test took 0.7391 seconds.
The $str[] test took 0.7478 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 206,868 loops for a total of 4,137,360 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000002) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 206,868 loops.
- Total difference 8.67 milliseconds for 4,137,360 loops
The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.0000) milliseconds and Code 2 was (0.0000) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.
Code
The first test, "substr()", was:
for ($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];