Test: float vs. integer multiplication

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "integer" was the faster by 0.0163 seconds, (1.605% faster)

integer 100%

float 98.395%

The integer test took 1.001 seconds.
The float test took 1.0173 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 266,474 loops for a total of 5,329,480 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.816) milliseconds per 266,474 loops.
Total difference 16.32 milliseconds for 5,329,480 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (2.4755) milliseconds and Code 2 was (1.2660) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "float", was:

$GLOBALS['dummy'] = 0.0;
for ($j = 0; $j < 100; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] *= $GLOBALS['dummy_float'];

The second test, "integer", was:

$GLOBALS['dummy'] = 0;
for ($j = 0; $j < 100; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] *= $GLOBALS['dummy_int'];

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