codeigniter, result() vs. result_array()

Question

I use both result() and result_array().

Usually i like to get my result as array thats why i use result_array() mostly..

But i want

Answer 1

result() is recursive in that it returns an std class object where as result_array() just returns a pure array, so result_array() would be choice regarding performance. There is very little difference in speed though.