Benefits of using [] over array() in PHP

Question

I just found out about the short tags for arrays in PHP.

in my code I use :

$arr = array();
// do something

Now I can use :

$arr = []

So what's the benefit of using [] over array() in PHP?

Answer 1

there is no difference between [] and array(), these both declarations are literally called as array declarations itself. the benefit here is you save some time while typing array(5), while you can do it as [](2).