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<?php
$tests = 1000000;
$max = 5000001;
for( $i = 1; $i <= $max; $i += 10000 ) {
//create lookup array
$array = array_fill( 0, $i, NULL );
//build test indexes
$test_indexes = array();
for( $j = 0; $j < $tests; $j++ ) {
$test_indexes[] = rand( 0, $i-1 );
}
//benchmark array lookups
$start = microtime( TRUE );
foreach( $test_indexes as $test_index ) {
$value = $array[ $test_index ];
unset( $value );
}
$stop = microtime( TRUE );
unset( $array, $test_indexes, $test_index );
printf( "%d,%1.15f\n", $i, $stop - $start ); //time per 1mil lookups
unset( $stop, $start );
}