PHP Programming Tips

Functions And Methods
Function And Method Calling

• call_user_func() is 54% slower than just calling the function


• call_user_func() is 59% slower than calling a static method


• call_user_func() is 65% slower than calling an object method


• function() is 119% faster than static::method()


• $this->method() is 116% faster than static::method()


• declared static::method() is 93% faster than static::method()

Functions General

• Pass by reference is 3% faster than Return by reference


• No reference is 1.7% faster than Return by reference