<?php
ob_start();
$time = microtime(1);
$i = 0;
while($i++ < 100000) echo'this','is','just','a','test',',','only and only a test','...','cycled many many times';
ob_end_clean();
echo (microtime(1)-$time)*1000, " milliseconds for commas";
echo "\n";
ob_start();
$time = microtime(1);
$i = 0;
while($i++ < 100000) echo'this'.'is'.'just'.'a'.'test'.','.'only and only a test'.'...'.'cycled many many times';
ob_end_clean();
echo (microtime(1)-$time)*1000, " milliseconds for dots";