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veloper/bench
=============

A light-weight class for quickly benchmarking/timing/profiling PHP code

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Since Jun 4Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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Bench
=====

[](#bench)

Purpose
-------

[](#purpose)

A light-weight class for quickly benchmarking/timing/profiling PHP code.

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
/**
 * Start & Stop
 */
 include 'class.Bench.php';
 Bench::start();
 // [Some Code To Test]
 echo Bench::stop() . ' Seconds'; -> 2.13274598122

/**
 * Marks
 */
 include 'class.Bench.php';
 Bench::start();
 // [Application Bootstrap]
 Bench::mark('bootstrap');
 // [Database Connection Opened]
 Bench::mark('database');
 // [Data Processing + Manipulation]
 Bench::mark('processing');
 // [HTML Creation]
 Bench::mark('html');
 // [MISC]
 Bench::stop();

 // Get data on specific mark.
 print_r(Bench::getMarkById('database')); // ->
    Array (
         // The mark id.
         [id] => database
         // The microtime(true) of when this mark occurred.
         [microtime] => 1287969552.88
         // The time (in seconds) since start() was called.
         [since_start] => 1.10582304001
         // The time since the last mark [or] since start(), if first call to mark().
         [since_last_mark] => 0.171210050583
     )

 // Get statistics
 print_r(Bench::getStats()); // ->
     Array (
         // The average time between marks (in seconds)
         [mark_average] => 0.346896330516
         // The longest mark
         [mark_longest] => Array
             (
                 [id] => database
                 [microtime] => 1288045989.62
                 [since_start] => 1.02174592018
                 [since_last_mark] => 0.831446886063
             )
         // The shortest mark
         [mark_shortest] => Array
             (
                 [id] => processing
                 [microtime] => 1288045989.64
                 [since_start] => 1.04068899155
                 [since_last_mark] => 0.0189430713654
             )
         // Start microtime
         [start] => 1288060408.82
         // Stop microtime (if called)
         [stop] => 1288060409.95
         // Time elapsed (in seconds)
         [elapsed] => 1.0407409668
     )

```

More examples available at

Website
-------

[](#website)

License
-------

[](#license)

Bench is released under the New BSD license.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/340358?v=4)[Daniel Doezema](/maintainers/veloper)[@veloper](https://github.com/veloper)

---

Top Contributors

[![veloper](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/340358?v=4)](https://github.com/veloper "veloper (5 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (1 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/veloper-bench/health.svg)

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```

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