Test: preg_split vs. explode/str

Test: preg_split vs. explode/str_replace

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The test labeled "preg_split()" was the faster by 0.0065 seconds, (1.328% faster)

preg_split() 100%

explode() 98.672%

The preg_split() test took 0.4847 seconds.
The explode() test took 0.4912 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 135,825 loops for a total of 2,716,500 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000002) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.326) milliseconds per 135,825 loops.
Total difference 6.52 milliseconds for 2,716,500 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.5114) milliseconds and Code 2 was (0.5693) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

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

$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = preg_split('~\r\n|\r|\n~', $GLOBALS['dummy']);

The second test, "explode()", was:

$GLOBALS['dummy2'] = explode("\n", str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $GLOBALS['dummy']));

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