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 0.0314 seconds, (3.678% faster)

(array) 100%

array() 96.322%

The (array) test took 0.8234 seconds.
The array() test took 0.8548 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 211,053 loops for a total of 4,221,060 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000007) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 211,053 loops.
Total difference 31.44 milliseconds for 4,221,060 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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