PHP Objects vs Arrays — Performance comparison while iterating

Question

I have a huge amount of PHP objects for a neural network for which I have to iterate over and perform some maths on. I was wondering if I would be better off using an associ

Answer 1

I use magallanes' code under php 7.0.9 :

arrays: 0.19802498817444

memory: 324672

Array
(
    [aaa] => aaa
    [bbb] => bbb
    [ccc] => aaabbb
)
arrays: 0.18602299690247

memory: 132376

SomeClass Object
(
    [aaa] => aaa
    [bbb] => bbb
    [ccc] => aaabbb
)
arrays: 0.1950249671936

memory: 348296

stdClass Object
(
    [aaa] => aaa
    [bbb] => bbb
    [ccc] => aaabbb
)

And user php 7.1.3:

arrays: 0.59932994842529
memory: 444920
Array
(
    [aaa] => aaa
    [bbb] => bbb
    [ccc] => aaabbb
)

arrays: 0.72895789146423
memory: 164512

SomeClass Object
(
    [aaa] => aaa
    [bbb] => bbb
    [ccc] => aaabbb
)

arrays: 0.61777496337891
memory: 484416
stdClass Object
(
    [aaa] => aaa
    [bbb] => bbb
    [ccc] => aaabbb
)