<?php   
   function get_tm() {
   list ( $usec, $sec ) = explode ( " ", microtime () );
   return (( float ) $usec + ( float ) $sec);
   }
   
   $temp="test";
   $result="";
   define("num",100000);
   $start=get_tm();
  
   for($i=0;$i<num;$i++)
   {
     $result=$result.$temp;
   }
   echo get_tm()-$start;
   
?>

<?php     
   function get_tm() {
   list ( $usec, $sec ) = explode ( " ", microtime () );
   return (( float ) $usec + ( float ) $sec);
   }
   
   $temp="test";
   $result="";
   define("num",100000);
   $start=get_tm();
  
   for($i=0;$i<num;$i++)
   {
     $result.=$temp;
   }
   echo get_tm()-$start;
   
?>

<?php      
   function get_tm() {
   list ( $usec, $sec ) = explode ( " ", microtime () );
   return (( float ) $usec + ( float ) $sec);
   }
   
   $temp="test";
   $result="";
   $arr=array();
   define("num",100000);
   $start=get_tm();
  
   for($i=0;$i<num;$i++)
   {
     array_push($arr, $temp);
   }
   $result=join($arr);
   echo get_tm()-$start;
   
?>