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Test execution times of for and foreach in PHP
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<?php | |
// Create fake data array of 10000 records | |
$max = 10000; | |
$rands = array(); | |
for($i=0; $i<$max;$i++) { | |
$rands[$i]=mt_rand(0,$max-1); | |
} | |
$temp; | |
// Time foreach itteration | |
$start = microtime(true); | |
foreach($rands as $rand) { | |
$temp = $rand * $rand; | |
} | |
echo 'Foreach: '.(microtime(true) - $start); | |
echo nl2br ("\n"); | |
// Time for itteration | |
$start = microtime(true); | |
for($i=0;$i<count($rands);$i++) { | |
$temp = $rands[$i] * $rands[$i]; | |
} | |
echo 'For: '.(microtime(true) - $start); | |
// Foreach: 0.00038695335388184 | |
// For: 0.0019509792327881 | |
?> |
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