Test: (array) vs. array

Does the (array) cast work better than the array() construct?

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "(array)" was the faster by 0.0218 seconds, (4.453% faster)

(array) 100%

array() 95.547%

The (array) test took 0.4669 seconds.
The array() test took 0.4887 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 130,268 loops for a total of 2,605,360 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000008) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.088) milliseconds per 130,268 loops.
Total difference 21.76 milliseconds for 2,605,360 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.8562) milliseconds and Code 2 was (1.5076) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "(array)", was:

for ($j = 0; $j < 1000; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] = (array) $j;

The second test, "array()", was:

for ($j = 0; $j < 1000; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] = array($j);

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