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There are three types of arrays in PHP: indexed arrays which use numeric indexes; associative arrays which use named keys; and multidimensional arrays which contain one or more arrays. Indexed arrays can be automatically indexed starting from 0 or manually assigned indexes. Associative arrays use named keys assigned to values. Multidimensional arrays contain nested arrays and require multiple indexes to access elements.

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There are three types of arrays in PHP: indexed arrays which use numeric indexes; associative arrays which use named keys; and multidimensional arrays which contain one or more arrays. Indexed arrays can be automatically indexed starting from 0 or manually assigned indexes. Associative arrays use named keys assigned to values. Multidimensional arrays contain nested arrays and require multiple indexes to access elements.

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In PHP, there are three types of arrays:

 Indexed arrays - Arrays with a numeric index


 Associative arrays - Arrays with named keys
 Multidimensional arrays - Arrays containing one or more arrays

PHP Indexed Arrays


PHP Indexed Arrays
There are two ways to create indexed arrays:

The index can be assigned automatically (index always starts at 0), like this:

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

or the index can be assigned manually:

$cars[0] = "Volvo";
$cars[1] = "BMW";
$cars[2] = "Toyota";

The following example creates an indexed array named $cars, assigns three
elements to it, and then prints a text containing the array values:

ExampleGet your own PHP Server


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

Try it Yourself »
Loop Through an Indexed Array
To loop through and print all the values of an indexed array, you could use
a for loop, like this:

Example
<?php
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
$arrlength = count($cars);

for($x = 0; $x < $arrlength; $x++) {


echo $cars[$x];
echo "<br>";
}
?>

PHP Associative Arrays


PHP Associative Arrays
Associative arrays are arrays that use named keys that you assign to them.

There are two ways to create an associative array:

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

or:

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

The named keys can then be used in a script:


ExampleGet your own PHP Server
<?php
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");
echo "Peter is " . $age['Peter'] . " years old.";
?>

Try it Yourself »

Loop Through an Associative Array


To loop through and print all the values of an associative array, you could use
a foreach loop, like this:

Example
<?php
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");

foreach($age as $x => $x_value) {


echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value;
echo "<br>";
}
?>

PHP Multidimensional Arrays


PHP - Multidimensional Arrays
A multidimensional array is an array containing one or more arrays.

PHP supports multidimensional arrays that are two, three, four, five, or more
levels deep. However, arrays more than three levels deep are hard to manage
for most people.

The dimension of an array indicates the number of indices you need to


select an element.
 For a two-dimensional array you need two indices to select an element
 For a three-dimensional array you need three indices to select an element

PHP - Two-dimensional Arrays


A two-dimensional array is an array of arrays (a three-dimensional array is an
array of arrays of arrays).

First, take a look at the following table:

Name Stock

Volvo 22

BMW 15

Saab 5

Land Rover 17

We can store the data from the table above in a two-dimensional array, like
this:

$cars = array (
array("Volvo",22,18),
array("BMW",15,13),
array("Saab",5,2),
array("Land Rover",17,15)
);
Now the two-dimensional $cars array contains four arrays, and it has two
indices: row and column.

To get access to the elements of the $cars array we must point to the two
indices (row and column):

ExampleGet your own PHP Server


<?php
echo $cars[0][0].": In stock: ".$cars[0][1].", sold: ".$cars[0]
[2].".<br>";
echo $cars[1][0].": In stock: ".$cars[1][1].", sold: ".$cars[1]
[2].".<br>";
echo $cars[2][0].": In stock: ".$cars[2][1].", sold: ".$cars[2]
[2].".<br>";
echo $cars[3][0].": In stock: ".$cars[3][1].", sold: ".$cars[3]
[2].".<br>";
?>

<?php
for ($row = 0; $row < 4; $row++) {
echo "<p><b>Row number $row</b></p>";
echo "<ul>";
for ($col = 0; $col < 3; $col++) {
echo "<li>".$cars[$row][$col]."</li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
?>

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