trick0004.php

# Those are the results for 2 000 000 runs, and here is the code I used:

<?php

require '../vendor/autoload.php';

// My small class to do benchmarks
// All it does is looping over every test x times and record the
//   time it takes using `microtime(true)`
// Then, the percentage is calculated, with 100% being the quickest
// Times are being rouned for outputting only, not to calculate the percentages
$b = new Tleb\Benchmark\Benchmark(2000000);

class Foo
{
    public function calling_this()
    {
        $this->called();
    }

    public function calling_self()
    {
        self::called();
    }

    public function calling_static()
    {
        static::called();
    }

    public static function called()
    {
    }
}

$b->add('$this->',  function () { $foo = new Foo; $foo->calling_this(); });
$b->add('self::',   function () { $foo = new Foo; $foo->calling_self(); });
$b->add('static::', function () { $foo = new Foo; $foo->calling_static(); });

$b->run();