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while looking into PHPT performance, I realized that the --SKIPIF-- condition is evaluated in a separate subprocess.

this means a major overhead for a maybe pretty simple side-effect-less condition like:

--SKIPIF--
<?php version_compare(PHP_VERSION, "8.0", ">=")
      or echo "skip because attributes are only available since PHP 8.0"; ?>

I built a small class in which you can pass a string of source-code and it returns whether the given code would have side-effects when evaluated.

In PHPUnit I utilize the detected side-effect-free SKIPIF conditions and evaluate such code in the main-process instead of creating a new one. In case we cannot say with 100% certainty the code does not have side-effects we play save and run it in the subprocess.


when running php ./phpunit tests/end-to-end/event/assert-failure.phpt I can see the following results:

macos:

after this PR: 00:00.070 - 00:00.077
before this PR: 00:00.092 - 00:00.098

-> which means ~20% faster on my mac m1pro on a single test-case.

on windows with

PHP 8.3.11 (cli) (built: Aug 27 2024 21:28:35) (NTS Visual C++ 2019 x64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.3.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

after this PR: 00:00.360 - 00:00.395
before this PR: 00:00.406 - 00:00.443

-> seems also roughly ~20% faster
(see how slow running the same test is on windows vs. macos)

refs #5973

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is this correct like that?

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@sebastianbergmann sebastianbergmann added type/enhancement A new idea that should be implemented feature/phpt End-to-end tests in PHPT format feature/test-runner CLI test runner type/performance Issues related to resource consumption (time and memory) labels Oct 18, 2024
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@sebastianbergmann sebastianbergmann changed the title Inline SKIPIF evaluation without side-effects Do not run SKIPIF section of PHPT test in separate process when it is free of side effects Oct 18, 2024
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This PR was merged into the 7.2 branch.

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[PhpUnitBridge] Don't use `die()` in PHPT `--SKIPIF--`

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Branch?       | 7.2
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Issues        | --
| License       | MIT

Unlocks a performance optimization in PHPUnit 11.5.x

[PHPUnit 11.5.x will be able to avoid subprocess creation](sebastianbergmann/phpunit#5998), when `--SKIPIF--` code in PHPT tests does not `exit()` or `die()` and the logic is side-effect free (output is allowed).

more details in https://staabm.github.io/2024/10/19/phpunit-codesprint-munich.html

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