#Drupal geek and cat lover. Currently employed by WebFirst.
Other interests:
- Music engraving using #Lilypond
- Choral music arrangements and conducting
- Trying to become a less-lame #bassist
- Typography
- Gardening, then forgetting about the garden when the weeds come
- Hiking
- #Cocktails and mixology
Fun fact: I designed four of the fonts available on Google WebFonts. One of them was used almost exclusively for a couple of years by Facebook meme-makers who can't spell.
| GitHub | https://github.com/ossobuffo |
| Drupal.org | https://www.drupal.org/u/daniel_j |
@timwolla Weird. This was in a non-namespaced script:
```
$test_me = 1;
print "Cast as boolean:\n";
$time = hrtime(true);
for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
$tested = (bool) $test_me;
}
$cast_elapsed = hrtime(true) - $time;
print "1000 casts in $cast_elapsed nanoseconds.\n";
print "Call boolval():\n";
$time = hrtime(true);
for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
$tested = boolval($test_me);
}
$func_elapsed = hrtime(true) - $time;
print "1000 invocations in $func_elapsed nanoseconds.\n";
```
EDIT: Disregard this, invalid test. Iterating 1M times instead of 1k irons out the wrinkles.
Ever wondered whether it's faster to directly cast a variable versus invoke a casting function in PHP?
I wondered, so I wrote a script that calls (bool) $int 1000 times, then invokes boolval($int) 1000 times. It turns out that boolval() is between 15% and 250% faster than an explicit cast.
I'll bet the same is true for intval(), floatval(), and strval().
My employer is hiring for the position of Sr. #Drupal Developer. We operate in the Federal space, so this is a USA-only position. For more details, see here: https://www.webfirst.com/careers/sr-full-stack-drupal-developer