<?php
$var = 'foo';
$t = microtime();
$somequery = "some query '$var'";
echo 'Interpolation: ', microtime() - $t, ' ms', PHP_EOL;
$t = microtime();
$somequery = "some query '" . $var . "'";
echo 'Concatenation: ', microtime() - $t, ' ms', PHP_EOL;
$t = microtime();
$somequery = sprintf("some query '%s'", $var);
echo 'sprintf: ', microtime() - $t, ' ms', PHP_EOL;
preferences:
35.13 ms | 402 KiB | 5 Q