Historical Results
Based on (2) saved test runs, The test labeled "rand()" was (on average) the faster by 0.0086 seconds, (1.479% faster)
The rand() test took 0.573 seconds.
The mt_rand() test took 0.5816 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 157,444 loops for a total of 3,148,870 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 157,444 loops.
- Total difference 8.60 milliseconds for 3,148,870 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, "rand()", was:
$GLOBALS['dummy'] = rand(0, 1000);
The second test, "mt_rand()", was:
$GLOBALS['dummy'] = mt_rand(0, 1000);