Test: (array) vs. array

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

Historical Results

Based on (3) saved test runs, The test labeled "(array)" was (on average) the faster by 0.0129 seconds, (1.721% faster)

(array) 100%

array() 98.279%

The (array) test took 0.7339 seconds.
The array() test took 0.7467 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 189,634 loops for a total of 3,792,680 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 189,634 loops.
Total difference 12.85 milliseconds for 3,792,680 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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