Test: (array) vs. array

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

Historical Results

Based on (1) saved test runs, The test labeled "(array)" was (on average) the faster by 0.0102 seconds, (1.045% faster)

(array) 100%

array() 98.955%

The (array) test took 0.9653 seconds.
The array() test took 0.9754 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 224,835 loops for a total of 4,496,700 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000002) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 224,835 loops.
Total difference 10.19 milliseconds for 4,496,700 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.0000) milliseconds and Code 2 was (0.0000) 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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