Online PHP editor | output for M45Ai

<?php $context = array('test' => array()); // optionally fill-in the test value with lots of data for ($i = 0; $i < 100000; $i++) { $context['test'][$i] = $i; } // you can also just create a big string // $context = str_repeat(' ', 1000000); // benchmark $time = microtime(true); for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) { // the snippet of code to benchmark $tmp = isset($context['test']) ? $context['test'] : ''; } printf("TERNARY: %0.5d\n", (microtime(true) - $time)) . PHP_EOL; // benchmark $time = microtime(true); for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) { // the snippet of code to benchmark $tmp = ''; if (isset($context['test'])) { $tmp = $context['test']; } } printf("IF : %0.5d\n", (microtime(true) - $time)); // benchmark $time = microtime(true); for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) { // the snippet of code to benchmark if (isset($context['test'])) { $tmp = $context['test']; } else { $tmp = ''; } } printf("IF/ELSE: %0.5d\n", (microtime(true) - $time));