jsperf.com like script to benchmark php functions

bench.php

<?php
// jsperf.com like script to benchmark php functions.
// http://baylorrae.com/blog/2012/01/09/benchmarking-php-script-speeds/

// a place to store the result of each test
$results = array();
 
// my version of un-camel casing a word
function test_1() {
  return strtolower(implode(' ', preg_split('/(?<=\\w)([A-Z])/', 'aCamelCasedWord')));
}
 
// CakePHP's version of un-camel casing a word
function test_2() {
  return strtolower(preg_replace('/(?<=\\w)([A-Z])/', '_\\1', 'aCamelCasedWord'));
}
 
/**
 * @param title
 * @param function/test
 * @param allowed time to run
 */
$results[] = Benchmark::run_test('My Version', 'test_1', 10);
$results[] = Benchmark::run_test('Cake\'s Version', 'test_2', 10);
 
foreach( $results as $result )
  echo $result;

///

class Benchmark {
 
  /**
   * Creates a loop that lasts for $allowed_time and logs how many
   * times a function was able to run
   *
   * @param string $name the name of the test 
   * @param function $test the function to run
   * @param integer $allowed_time seconds to run a function
   * @return string
   * @author Baylor Rae'
   */
  public static function run_test($name, $test, $allowed_time = 10) {
 
    // get the time the function was called
    $start_time = microtime(true);
 
    // stores how many times $test was able to run
    $times_run = 0;
 
    // don't allow output
    ob_start();
 
    // run the $test function until time is up
    do {
      call_user_func($test);
      $times_run++;
    }while( number_format(microtime(true) - $start_time, 0) < $allowed_time);
 
    // end output buffering
    ob_end_clean();
 
    // return the formatted results
    return self::results($name, $times_run, $allowed_time);
  }
 
  /**
   * Formats results for easy reading
   *
   * @param string $name name of the test
   * @param integer $times_run number of times the test ran
   * @param integer $allowed_time how long the test was allowed to run
   * @return string
   * @author Baylor Rae'
   */
  private static function results($name, $times_run, $allowed_time) {
    $output = '<h2>Results for ' . $name . '</h2>';
    $output .= '<dl>';
 
      $output .= '<dt>Times Run</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . number_format($times_run, 0) . '</dd>';
 
      $output .= '<dt>Ran For</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . $allowed_time . 's</dd>';
 
    $output .= '</dl>';
    return $output;
  }
 
}