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  Strings: Call by ref vs call by value for 1 char string
Call by Ref 0.0040 Call by Value x 1.05 faster 0.0038
  Strings: Call by ref vs call by value for 10K string
Call by Ref x 1.07 faster 0.0104 Call by Value 0.0111
  Strings: Call by ref vs call by value for 100K string
Call by Ref x 1.01 faster 0.0578 Call by Value 0.0581
  Arrays: Call by ref vs call by value
Call by Ref x 9.56 faster 0.0034 Call by Value 0.0325
  Objects: Call by ref vs call by value
Call by Ref x 2.76 faster 0.0055 Call by Value 0.0152
  Objects: Return by ref vs by value
Return by Ref $x =& $f() x 5.62 faster 0.0021 Return by Value 0.0118
  Objects: Return by partial ref vs by value
Return by Partial Ref $x = f() 0.0119 Return by Value x 1.02 faster 0.0117

Testing PHP 4.3.3 Completed on Linux. Benchmark done on: 01-Mar-2004 12:35:50


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