Benchmark or time script
Here is a little example of how to benchmark or time something with php
<?php
// a function to get microtime
function getmicrotime(){
list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ",microtime());
return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
}
// start time
$time_start = getmicrotime();
// a little loop to time
for ($i=0; $i < 10000; $i++)
{
// print the loop number
echo $i.'<br />';
}
// the end time
$time_end = getmicrotime();
// subtract the start time from the end time to get the time taken
$time = $time_end - $time_start;
// echo a little message
echo '<br />Script ran for ' . round($time,2) .' seconds.';
?>
This will produce a list of numbers from 0 to 9999 in your browser and tell you how long it took too complete the iterations.