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<?php /* How many times the code under test should run in each function */ define('LOOP',1000000); function f1() { $var = NULL; for($i=0; $i<LOOP; ++$i) { $var = 'abc'; $var .= ' some other thing '; $var .= ' 123 : 456'; } } function f2() { $var = NULL; for($i=0; $i<LOOP; ++$i) { $var = sprintf('%s%s %d : %d', 'abc', ' some other thing ', 123, 456); } } $start = microtime(true); f1(); $stop = microtime(true); $time1 = $stop - $start; $start = microtime(true); f2(); $stop = microtime(true); $time2 = $stop - $start; echo $time1 . "\t"; echo $time2 . "\n";