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Array: Etl Labs PVT LTD - PHP

Arrays allow storing multiple values in a single variable. There are three types of arrays: indexed, associative, and multidimensional. Indexed arrays use numeric keys and can be automatically indexed starting from 0. Associative arrays use named keys assigned to values. Multidimensional arrays contain one or more arrays, allowing multiple levels of nested arrays.

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Array: Etl Labs PVT LTD - PHP

Arrays allow storing multiple values in a single variable. There are three types of arrays: indexed, associative, and multidimensional. Indexed arrays use numeric keys and can be automatically indexed starting from 0. Associative arrays use named keys assigned to values. Multidimensional arrays contain one or more arrays, allowing multiple levels of nested arrays.

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Array

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Arrays
Arrays are complex variables that allow us to
store more than one value or a group of values
under a single variable name. Let's suppose 1
you want to store cars in your PHP script.
Storing the cars one by one in a variable could
look something like this:

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Types of Array

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3

Indexed Associative Multidimensional


array array array
An array with a An array where each key An array containing one or
numeric key. has its own specific value. more arrays within itself.

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Indexed Array
There are two ways to create indexed arrays:

<?php
The index can be assigned automatically
$cars
(index always starts at 0), like this:
= array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota
");
3 $cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
echo "I like " . $cars[0] . ",
" . $cars[1] . " and " .
$cars[2] . "."; or the index can be assigned manually:
?>
$cars[0] = "Volvo";
$cars[1] = "BMW";
$cars[2] = "Toyota";

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Associative array
Associative arrays are arrays that use named
keys that you assign to them.
<?php
There are two ways to create an associative $age = array("Peter"=>"35",
array: "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");
4 echo "Peter is " .
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", $age['Peter'] . " years
"Joe"=>"43"); old.";?>
or:

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

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Multidimensional array

A multidimensional array
is an array containing one
or more arrays.

PHP understands
multidimensional arrays
that are two, three, four,
five, or more levels deep.

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Tabular representation of two dimensional array

We can store the data from the table above in a


0 1 2 two-dimensional array, like this:

Name Stock Sold


$cars = array
0 Volvo 22 18 (
array("Volvo",22,18),
1 BMW 15 13 array("BMW",15,13),
2 Saab 5 2 array("Saab",5,2),
array("Land Rover",17,15)
3 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)

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