Array vs SplFixedArray: memory usage

array_vs_splfixedarray_memory_usage.php

<?php

$sizes = [];
for ($exp = 0; $exp < 18; $exp++) {
    $size = pow(2, $exp);
    if ($size < 1000) {
        continue;
    }
    
    $sizes[] = $size - ($size / 4);
    $sizes[] = $size - ($size / 8);
    $sizes[] = $size - ($size / 16);
    $sizes[] = $size;
    $sizes[] = $size + ($size / 16);
    $sizes[] = $size + ($size / 8);
    $sizes[] = $size + ($size / 4);
}

echo "size, memoryArray (KB), memorySpl (KB)" . PHP_EOL;

foreach ($sizes as $size) {
    $startMemory = memory_get_usage();
    $array = createOrdinaryArray($size);
    $stopMemoryOrdinary = round((memory_get_usage() - $startMemory) / 1024, 2);
    unset($array);
    
    
    $startMemory = memory_get_usage();
    $array = createSplArray($size);
    $stopMemorySpl = round((memory_get_usage() - $startMemory) / 1024, 2);
    unset($array);
    
    echo "{$size}, {$stopMemoryOrdinary}, {$stopMemorySpl}" . PHP_EOL;
}

function createOrdinaryArray(int $size): array
{
    $array = [];
    for ($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++) {
        $array[$i] = getValueArray($i);
    }
    
    return $array;
}

function createSplArray(int $size): SplFixedArray
{
    $array = new SplFixedArray($size);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++) {
        $array[$i] = getValueArray($i);
    }
    
    return $array;
}

function getValueArray($i)
{
    return [
        'id' => $i,
        'price' => $i * 1000,
        'name' => 'product #' . $i,
        'description' => 'description product text 123 ' . $i,
    ];
}

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