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 0.0167 seconds, (1.598% faster)

(array) 100%

array() 98.402%

The (array) test took 1.0263 seconds.
The array() test took 1.043 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 283,974 loops for a total of 5,679,480 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 283,974 loops.
Total difference 16.67 milliseconds for 5,679,480 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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