PHP list+explode VS substr+strpos - what is more efficient?

Question

Sample text:

$text = \'Administration\\Controller\\UserController::Save\';

Task - extract everything before ::

Option 1:

Answer 1

I ran a test and seems like the first solution is faster. Here is the code for testing it:

function microtime_float()
{
    list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime());
    return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
}

function solution1($text)
{
    for($i = 0; $i < 10000; $i++)
        list($module) = explode('::',$text);
}

function solution2($text)
{
    for($i = 0; $i < 10000; $i++)
        $module = substr($text, 0, strpos($text, '::'));
}

$text = 'Administration\Controller\UserController::Save';

$time_start = microtime_float();

solution1($text);

$time_end = microtime_float();
$time = $time_end - $time_start;

echo "Did solution1 in $time seconds.\n";

$time_start = microtime_float();

solution2($text);

$time_end = microtime_float();
$time = $time_end - $time_start;

echo "Did solution2 in $time seconds.\n";

Test 1: Did solution1 in 0.19701099395752 seconds. Did solution2 in 0.38502216339111 seconds.

Test 2: Did solution1 in 0.1990110874176 seconds. Did solution2 in 0.37402105331421 seconds.

Test 3: Did solution1 in 0.19801092147827 seconds. Did solution2 in 0.37002205848694 seconds.