Test: (array) vs. array

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

Historical Results

Based on (4) saved test runs, The test labeled "(array)" was (on average) the faster by 0.0093 seconds, (1.376% faster)

(array) 100%

array() 98.624%

The (array) test took 0.6672 seconds.
The array() test took 0.6765 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 177,445 loops for a total of 3,548,905 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 177,445 loops.
Total difference 9.31 milliseconds for 3,548,905 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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