Efficiency of PHP arrays cast as objects?

Question

From what I understand, PHP stdClass objects are generally faster than arrays, when the code is deeply-nested enough for it to actually matter. How is that eff

Answer 1

It's more important to chose the right data structure for the right job.

When you want to decide what to use, ask yourself: What does your data represent?

Are you representing a set, or a sequence? Then you should probably use an array.

Are you representing some thing with certain properties or behaviors? Then you should probably use an object.