Are Yoda-Conditionals faster in PHP?

[603] Wed 17.Oct.2012 12:51:42
[kadmin@freebsd-devel][~] cat yoda
<?php

function a() {

   $x=1;

   while ($x<100000000) {
      if (FALSE === $x) {
         $out = "X is false \n";
      } else {
         $out = "X is true \n";
      }
      $x++;
   }
}

function b() {

   $x=1;

   while ($x<100000000) {
      if ($x === FALSE) {
         $out = "X is false \n";
      } else {
         $out = "X is true \n";
      }
      $x++;
   }
}
$start=microtime(1);
a();
$end=microtime(1);
echo "Function a took ".($end-$start). " seconds.\n";

$start=microtime(1);
b();
$end=microtime(1);
echo "Function b took ".($end-$start). " seconds.\n";

[604] Wed 17.Oct.2012 12:51:44
[kadmin@freebsd-devel][~] php yoda
Function a took 15.374212026596 seconds.
Function b took 16.012656927109 seconds.