Enrico Zimuel ezimuel

Benchmarking execution time of PHP from 7.1 to 7.4

In this experiment, I tested the execution time of the script Zend\bench.php available in the PHP socurce code. I tested the latest PHP versions available, as follows:

PHP 7.1.32
PHP 7.2.22
PHP 7.3.9
PHP 7.4RC1

Benchmarking PHP 7.4.7 vs. PHP 8 alpha2

I executed the Zend\bench.php file using PHP 7.4.7 and PHP 8 alpha2.

I used a CPU Intel i9-8950HK at 2.90GHz with 32GB RAM running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.

I compiled PHP 8 alpha2 using the official php.net source and installed in /opt/php/php8. I used the following configure options:

./configure --prefix=/opt/php/php8 --enable-opcache --with-zlib --enable-zip --enable-json --enable-sockets --without-pear

Benchmarking PHP 7.4.10 vs. PHP 8.0.0 beta4

I executed the Zend\bench.php file using PHP 7.4.10 and PHP 8 beta4.

I used a CPU Intel i9-8950HK at 2.90GHz with 32GB RAM running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.

I compiled PHP 8 beta4 using the official php.net source and installed in /opt/php/php8. I used the following options:

./configure --prefix=/opt/php/php8 --enable-opcache --with-zlib --enable-zip --enable-json --enable-sockets --without-pear

	<?php
	// Simple HTTP static file server using Swoole

	$host = $argv[1] ?? '127.0.0.1';
	$port = $argv[2] ?? 9501;

	$http = new swoole_http_server($host, $port);

	// The usage of enable_static_handler seems to produce errors
	// $http->set([

	<?php
	// APIs for overriding functions and methods of classes
	override_class_function(string $class, string $method, Closure $callback);
	override_function(string $function, Closure $callback);
	call_orginal_function(array $params);

	// Example of usage override_function()
	override_function('curl_exec', function(){
	$params = func_get_args();
	echo "--- BEFORE ---";