#39968 [Opn->Bgs]: date() is extremely slow

From: Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:35:27 +0000
Subject: #39968 [Opn->Bgs]: date() is extremely slow
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 ID:               39968
 Updated by:       iliaa@php.net
 Reported By:      katzenmayer at erfnet dot de
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Performance problem
 Operating System: Debian Sarge
 PHP Version:      5.2.0
 New Comment:

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to
report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

You need to set the timezone, otherwise a notice is raised 
which is what's killing the speed of your code.


Previous Comments:
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[2006-12-27 22:32:23] katzenmayer at erfnet dot de

Description:
------------
While switching a calendar script from PHP4 to PHP5 I noticed the
script takes multiple times as long to complete in PHP5 than it did in
PHP4.

The problem seems to be date() and mktime() functions.

I did not notice any other PHP5 related performance issues. Scripts
that do not use date() or mktime() run very fast.

Reproduce code:
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test.php:

<?
  for ($i=0;$i<100000;$i++)
  {
    date('d');
  }
?>

Now check this script with both PHP4 and PHP5:

time php4 test.php
time php5 test.php

Expected result:
----------------
The script should take about the same time in both PHP4 and PHP5

Actual result:
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time php4 test.php

real    0m0.286s
user    0m0.034s
sys     0m0.252s

time php5 test.php

real    0m25.252s
user    0m18.579s
sys     0m5.615s



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