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PHP 5 Arrays

This document provides an overview of PHP arrays: - PHP arrays allow storing multiple values in a single variable. There are three types: indexed, associative, and multidimensional. - Indexed arrays assign numeric indexes automatically or manually. Associative arrays use named keys. - Arrays can be accessed using indexes/keys and functions like count() are used to get the length. Foreach loops iterate through arrays. - The document provides examples of creating, accessing, and looping through different array types in PHP.

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PHP 5 Arrays

This document provides an overview of PHP arrays: - PHP arrays allow storing multiple values in a single variable. There are three types: indexed, associative, and multidimensional. - Indexed arrays assign numeric indexes automatically or manually. Associative arrays use named keys. - Arrays can be accessed using indexes/keys and functions like count() are used to get the length. Foreach loops iterate through arrays. - The document provides examples of creating, accessing, and looping through different array types in PHP.

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Anarraystoresmultiplevaluesinonesinglevariable:

Example

<?php
$cars=array("Volvo","BMW","Toyota");
echo"Ilike".$cars[0].",".$cars[1]."and".$cars[2].
".";
?>

PHP

Runexample

What is an Array?
Anarrayisaspecialvariable,whichcanholdmorethanonevalueatatime.
Ifyouhavealistofitems(alistofcarnames,forexample),storingthecarsinsingle
variablescouldlooklikethis:

$cars1="Volvo";
$cars2="BMW";
$cars3="Toyota";
However,whatifyouwanttoloopthroughthecarsandfindaspecificone?Andwhat
ifyouhadnot3cars,but300?

Thesolutionistocreateanarray!
Anarraycanholdmanyvaluesunderasinglename,andyoucanaccessthevalues
byreferringtoanindexnumber.

Create an Array in PHP


InPHP,thearray()functionisusedtocreateanarray:

array();
InPHP,therearethreetypesofarrays:
IndexedarraysArrayswithanumericindex
AssociativearraysArrayswithnamedkeys
MultidimensionalarraysArrayscontainingoneormorearrays

PHP Indexed Arrays


Therearetwowaystocreateindexedarrays:
Theindexcanbeassignedautomatically(indexalwaysstartsat0),likethis:

$cars=array("Volvo","BMW","Toyota");
ortheindexcanbeassignedmanually:

$cars[0]="Volvo";
$cars[1]="BMW";
$cars[2]="Toyota";
Thefollowingexamplecreatesanindexedarraynamed$cars,assignsthreeelements
toit,andthenprintsatextcontainingthearrayvalues:

Example
<?php
$cars=array("Volvo","BMW","Toyota");
echo"Ilike".$cars[0].",".$cars[1]."and".$cars[2].

".";
?>
Runexample

Get The Length of an Array The count


Function
Thecount()functionisusedtoreturnthelength(thenumberofelements)ofan
array:

Example
<?php
$cars=array("Volvo","BMW","Toyota");
echocount($cars);
?>
Runexample

Loop Through an Indexed Array


Toloopthroughandprintallthevaluesofanindexedarray,youcoulduseaforloop,
likethis:

Example
<?php
$cars=array("Volvo","BMW","Toyota");
$arrlength=count($cars);
for($x=0;$x<$arrlength;$x++){
echo$cars[$x];
echo"<br>";

}
?>
Runexample

PHP Associative Arrays


Associativearraysarearraysthatusenamedkeysthatyouassigntothem.
Therearetwowaystocreateanassociativearray:

$age=array("Peter"=>"35","Ben"=>"37","Joe"=>"43");
or:

$age['Peter']="35";
$age['Ben']="37";
$age['Joe']="43";
Thenamedkeyscanthenbeusedinascript:

Example
<?php
$age=array("Peter"=>"35","Ben"=>"37","Joe"=>"43");
echo"Peteris".$age['Peter']."yearsold.";
?>
Runexample

Loop Through an Associative Array


Toloopthroughandprintallthevaluesofanassociativearray,youcouldusea
foreachloop,likethis:

Example
<?php
$age=array("Peter"=>"35","Ben"=>"37","Joe"=>"43");
foreach($ageas$x=>$x_value){
echo"Key=".$x.",Value=".$x_value;
echo"<br>";
}
?>
Runexample

Multidimensional Arrays
MultidimensionalarrayswillbeexplainedinthePHPadvancedsection.

Complete PHP Array Reference


Foracompletereferenceofallarrayfunctions,gotoourcompletePHPArray
Reference.
Thereferencecontainsabriefdescription,andexamplesofuse,foreachfunction!

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