You have no doubt encountered suggestions on how to optimize PHP scripts for speed. These suggestions are carried out from benchmarking results performed by different PHP professionals. This article will illustrate a more accurate and reliable means of doing benchmarking tests to find out if these suggestions can significantly contribute to speed. - Suppose a test is done comparing the speed between two possible approaches in coding PHP that yields the following average results:
Test 1 average execution time = 630 Microseconds
Test 2 average execution time =602 Microseconds
You cannot simply conclude and recommend that the Test 2 approach ...