Re: PHP PDO API Calls

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$start = microtime( true );

/* do PDO stuff
* (it will likely be necessary to perform
* the same task repeatedly, in a loop,
* to get a meaningful time period).
*/

$stop = microtime( true );
$execution_time = $stop – $start;

As for the rest of your post, I am unsure what your actual question is, so this may or may not apply:

The single most time-consuming portion of any database API, by *far*, is the part where it actually queries the database. The process of sending a query, waiting for a response, and receiving the result can be called a “round-trip.”

If you want to speed up your database-related code, simply rewrite your code to make as few round-trips as possible.

… never use multiple queries where one would do (e.g., INSERT multiple records with the same statement)

… use JOINs and MySQL functions (aggregate functions, etc.) to combine queries involving multiple tables

… use TRANSACTIONs and multi-step queries (this is the main reason I prefer MySQLi over PDO: transactions and multi-queries are much easier)

… don’t query the DB when you don’t have to (this may seem obvious, but I see it all the time).