Test: (array) vs. array w/is

Test: (array) vs. array w/is_array

Does the (array) cast work better than the array() construct if you might already have an array?

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "(array)" was the faster by 0.0357 seconds, (5.708% faster)

(array) 100%

is_array() ? x : array(x) 94.292%

The (array) test took 0.5891 seconds.
The is_array() ? x : array(x) test took 0.6247 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 131,246 loops for a total of 2,624,920 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000014) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.783) milliseconds per 131,246 loops.
Total difference 35.66 milliseconds for 2,624,920 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (5.0056) milliseconds and Code 2 was (6.8561) 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, "is_array() ? x : array(x)", was:

for ($j = 0; $j < 1000; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] = is_array($j) ? $j : array($j);

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