php - is_file 与 file_exists 的性能以及 PHP 中的缓存？

Question

我做了一些测试来比较和测量这两个函数的速度。 is_file 似乎比 file_exists 快几倍(我对两者都使用了 10000 次迭代)。我想知道 PHP 或 OS 是否为这些功能使用了一些缓存，还是总是访问 HDD？我认为不是，但我想知道...

我使用了这段代码:

<?php
$time = microtime();
$time = explode(' ', $time);
$begintime = $time[1] + $time[0];
for($i=0;$i<10000;$i++)
    file_exists('/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/index.php');
$time = microtime();
$time = explode(" ", $time);
$endtime = $time[1] + $time[0];
$totaltime = ($endtime - $begintime);
echo 'PHP parsed this in ' .$totaltime. ' seconds.</br>';
$time = microtime();
$time = explode(" ", $time);
$begintime = $time[1] + $time[0];
for($i=0;$i<10000;$i++)
    is_file('/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/index.php');
$time = microtime();
$time = explode(" ", $time);
$endtime = $time[1] + $time[0];
$totaltime = ($endtime - $begintime);
echo 'PHP parsed this in ' .$totaltime. ' seconds.</br>';
?>

Answer 1

When you use stat(), lstat(), or any of the other functions listed in the affected functions list (below), PHP caches the information those functions return in order to provide faster performance. However, in certain cases, you may want to clear the cached information. For instance, if the same file is being checked multiple times within a single script, and that file is in danger of being removed or changed during that script's operation, you may elect to clear the status cache. In these cases, you can use the clearstatcache() function to clear the information that PHP caches about a file.

Affected functions include stat(), lstat(), file_exists(), is_writable(), is_readable(), is_executable(), is_file(), is_dir(), is_link(), filectime(), fileatime(), filemtime(), fileinode(), filegroup(), fileowner(), filesize(), filetype(), and fileperms().