Per the talk by Rasmus at Drupalcon, we could avoid many, many, system calls by using $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']; rather than calling time().

To make for a better DX, we could either create a define or a wrapper function. e.g.:

define ('R_TIME', $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']);

or 

function r_time() {
  return $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'];
}
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#5 REQUEST_TIME-305645-4.patch60.33 KBpwolanin

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kbahey’s picture

kbahey commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

This has already been implemented in core D7 in #302763.

However, I like the idea of a function or define, just because $_SERVER['blah ... is too verbose.

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pwolanin commented
Title: Preformance: replace time() with $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']; » replace $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] with a define
Status: Closed (duplicate) » Active

re-opening for discussion of a define.

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r_time is not developer-friendly. I would need to consult documentation to know what that meant.

Since we don't abbreviate things, the shortest we can really go is REQUEST_TIME. TIME isn't specific enough, I don't think.

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Title: replace $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] with a define » DX: replace $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] with a define
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pwolanin commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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new REQUEST_TIME-305645-4.patch60.33 KB

TIME would be nicest (and I don't really think anyone would be confused), but even REQUEST_TIME is far easier on the eyes and fingers than what we have now.

Ran all tests with this patch- all pass (5599 passes, 0 fails, 0 exceptions).

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robloach
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Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

Applied patch, visited around the site, and then re-ran all tests with 100% passes.

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dries commented
Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Agreed 100%. Committed to CVS HEAD. Thanks pwolanin.

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dropcube commented

I have updated the documentation at Converting 6.x modules to 7.x

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.