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<?php // needed to cope with a million entry array ini_set('memory_limit', '512M'); $limit = 100000; $text[] = "Now is the time"; $text[] = "for all good men"; $text[] = "to come to the aid"; $text[] = "of their country."; $text2['part1'] = "Now is the time"; $text2['part2'] = "for all good men"; $text2['part3'] = "to come to the aid"; $text2['part4'] = "of their country."; $bigArray = fillArray($limit); $max=count($bigArray); ####################################################### $start = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { $bigArray[$i] = $text[0]; $bigArray[$i] .= ' '; $bigArray[$i] .= $text[1]; $bigArray[$i] .= ' '; $bigArray[$i] .= $text[2]; $bigArray[$i] .= ' '; $bigArray[$i] .= $text[3]; } $results['dotequal']['time'] = microtime(TRUE) - $start; $results['dotequal']['name'] = 'Dot Equals'; ####################################################### $start = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { $bigArray[$i] = $text[0].' '.$text[1].' '.$text[2].' '.$text[3]; } $results['concat']['time'] = microtime(TRUE) - $start; $results['concat']['name'] = 'Dot Concatenation'; ####################################################### $start = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { $bigArray[$i] = "$text[0] $text[1] $text[2] $text[3]"; } $results['replace']['time'] = microtime(TRUE) - $start; $results['replace']['name'] = 'In-string Replacement'; ####################################################### $start = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { $bigArray[$i] = "{$text2['part1']} {$text2['part2']} {$text2['part3']} {$text2['part4']}"; } $results['replace2']['time'] = microtime(TRUE) - $start; $results['replace2']['name'] = 'Complex In-string Replacement'; ####################################################### $start = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { $bigArray[$i] = sprintf('%s %s %s %s', $text[0], $text[1], $text[2], $text[3]); } $results['sprintf']['time'] = microtime(TRUE) - $start; $results['sprintf']['name'] = 'Function: sprintf()'; ####################################################### $start = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { $bigArray[$i] = implode(' ', $text); } $results['implode']['time'] = microtime(TRUE) - $start; $results['implode']['name'] = 'Function: implode()'; ####################################################### foreach($results AS $test) { echo $test['name']." -- ".sprintf("%01.6f", $test['time'])."\n"; } ####################################################### function fillArray($limit) { // build huge array for($i=0; $i<$limit; $i++) { $array[] = $i; } return $array; } ?>

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