Online PHP editor | refs for qm3UQ

<?php /* How many times the code under test should run in each function */ define('LOOP',15); function f1(&$md5) { $path = NULL; $yy = date('y'); $ab = substr($md5, 0, 2); $cd = substr($md5, 2, 2); for($i=0; $i<LOOP; ++$i) { $path = 'some' . '/'; $path .= $yy . '/'; $path .= $ab . '/'; $path .= $cd . '/'; } } function f2(&$md5) { $path = NULL; $yy = date('y'); $ab = substr($md5, 0, 2); $cd = substr($md5, 2, 2); for($i=0; $i<LOOP; ++$i) { $path = sprintf('%s/%s/%s/%s', 'some', $yy, $ab, $cd); } } $md5 = md5(str_shuffle('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890')); $start = microtime(true); f1($md5); $stop = microtime(true); $time1 = $stop - $start; $start = microtime(true); f2($md5); $stop = microtime(true); $time2 = $stop - $start; echo $time1 . "\t"; echo $time2 . "\n";