Result: Discarded
The test labeled "mt_rand()" was the faster by 0.0148 seconds, (2.183% faster)
The mt_rand() test took 0.6644 seconds.
The rand() test took 0.6792 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 146,666 loops for a total of 2,933,320 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000005) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.741) milliseconds per 146,666 loops.
- Total difference 14.83 milliseconds for 2,933,320 loops
The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (6.6140) milliseconds and Code 2 was (4.8257) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.
Code
The first test, "rand()", was:
$GLOBALS['dummy'] = rand(0, 1000);
The second test, "mt_rand()", was:
$GLOBALS['dummy'] = mt_rand(0, 1000);