Benchmark Laravel's pluck() method

benchmark.php

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;

$capsule = new Capsule;

$capsule->addConnection([
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => 'localhost',
    'database'  => 'makroskop',
    'username'  => 'root',
    'password'  => '',
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => 'mawp_',
]);

$capsule->setAsGlobal();

function benchmark($name, $callback) {
    echo "BENCHMARK $name\n";

    $start_time = microtime(true);

    for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
        $callback();
    }

    $end_time = microtime(true);

    echo ($end_time - $start_time)."\n";
}

benchmark('pluck-new', function() {
    Capsule::table('posts')->pluck('post_title', 'id');
});

benchmark('pluck-old', function() {
    Capsule::table('posts')->oldPluck('post_title', 'id');
});