PHP object array's not linearly scale while global arrays do?

Question

There is a major performance issue when using in-object array\'s as a property versus using a global php array variable, why?

To benchmark this problem I created the fol

Answer 1

I can't post this all in a comment, so this is more of an observation than an answer. It looks like SplObjectStorage is fairly slow. Also that array_push is a lot faster than $array[] = 'item';

Disclaimer: Apologies for the sloppy code :)

data[] = $obj;
        }
        break;

    case 4:
        class Test {
            public static $data = array();
        }
        $s = new Test;
        for ($i = 0; $i < $iteration; $i++) {
            $obj = new stdClass;
            $s->data[] = $obj;
        }
        break;  
    case 5:
        class Test {
            public $data = array();
        }
        $s = new Test;
        for ($i = 0; $i < $iteration; $i++) {
            $obj = new stdClass;
            array_push($s->data, $obj);
        }
        break;  
    default:
        echo 'Type in ?test=#';
}

$time = microtime();
$time = explode(' ', $time);
$time = $time[1] + $time[0];
$finish = $time;
$total_time = round(($finish - $start), 6);
echo 'Page generated in '.$total_time.' seconds.';