Online PHP editor | refs for Q3NBn

<?php $haystack = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; $needles = array('abc', 'xyz', '123'); foreach ($needles as $needle) { $times['strncmp'][$needle] = -microtime(true); for ($i = 0; $i < 1000000; $i++) { $result = strncmp($haystack, $needle, 3) === 0; } $times['strncmp'][$needle] += microtime(true); } foreach ($needles as $needle) { $times['strpos'][$needle] = -microtime(true); for ($i = 0; $i < 1000000; $i++) { $result = strpos($haystack, $needle) === 0; } $times['strpos'][$needle] += microtime(true); } var_export($times);