Test: (array) vs. array

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

Historical Results

Based on (2) saved test runs, The test labeled "array()" was (on average) the faster by 0.002 seconds, (0.360% faster)

array() 100%

(array) 99.64%

The array() test took 0.548 seconds.
The (array) test took 0.55 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 131,889 loops for a total of 2,637,780 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000001) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 131,889 loops.
Total difference 1.98 milliseconds for 2,637,780 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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