benchmark.php

    <?php

use Symfony\Foundation\UniversalClassLoader;

require_once __DIR__.'/src/Symfony/Foundation/UniversalClassLoader.php';

$loader = new UniversalClassLoader();
$loader->registerNamespace('Symfony', __DIR__.'/src');
$loader->register();

class Test
{
    protected $a;
    protected $b;
    protected $c;
    protected $d;
    protected $e;
    protected $f;
    protected $g;
    protected $h;
    protected $i;
    protected $j;
    protected $k;
    protected $l;
}

$start = microtime(true);

for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; ++$i) {
    $metadata = include 'metadata.php';
}

echo "APC: ".(microtime(true)-$start)."\n";

$start = microtime(true);

for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; ++$i) {
    $metadata = unserialize(file_get_contents('serialized'));
}

echo "Serialized: ".(microtime(true)-$start)."\n";

$start = microtime(true);

apc_store('metadata', file_get_contents('serialized'), 0);

for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; ++$i) {
    $metadata = unserialize(apc_fetch('metadata', $found));
}

echo "Serialized + APC: ".(microtime(true)-$start)."\n";

$metadata = unserialize(file_get_contents('serialized'));

$start = microtime(true);

apc_store('metadata', $metadata, 0);

for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; ++$i) {
    $metadata = apc_fetch('metadata', $found);
}

echo "Object + APC: ".(microtime(true)-$start)."\n";

metadata.php

<?php

use Symfony\Components\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Symfony\Components\Validator\Constraints\NotNull;
use Symfony\Components\Validator\Constraints\Choice;
use Symfony\Components\Validator\Constraints\Min;
use Symfony\Components\Validator\Constraints\Max;
use Symfony\Components\Validator\Constraints\MinLength;

$metadata = new ClassMetadata('Test');
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('a', new Choice(array("a", "b", "c")));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('b', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('c', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('c', new Min(5));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('d', new Choice(array("a", "b", "c")));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('e', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('e', new Max(10));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('f', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('g', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('h', new Choice(array("a", "b", "c")));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('i', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('i', new MinLength(2));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('j', new NotNull());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('k', new Choice(array("a", "b", "c")));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('l', new NotNull());

return $metadata;

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