What Are PHP Arrays?

[arianagrand]

Hello friends,

I an new in PHP, I need to know, what are PHP Arrays ????

[Xaanious]

An array is a data structure that stores one or more similar type of values in a single value. For example if you want to store 100 numbers then instead of defining 100 variables its easy to define an array of 100 length.

[fishpawnbroker]

Arrays can be used in many ways to store and organize data quickly and efficiently. It is one of the more useful data types available to any programming language.

[website designing]

Arrays can most easily be described as an ordered list of elements. You can access the individual elements by referring to their index position within the array. The position is either specified numerically or by name. An array with a numeric index is commonly called an indexed array while one that has named positions is called an associative array. In PHP, all arrays are associative, but you can still use a numeric index to access them.
<?php
$seven = 7;
$arrayname = array( "this is an element", 5, $seven );


echo $arrayname[0]; //prints: this is an element
echo $arrayname[1]; //prints: 5
echo $arrayname[2]; //prints: 7
?>

[rekhaweb]

Arrays can be used in many ways to store and organize data quickly and efficiently. It is one of the more useful data types available to any programming language.


Arrays can most easily be described as an ordered list of elements.

[Dyhair77]

An array is a data structure that stores one or more similar type of values in a single value. For example if you want to store 100 numbers then instead of defining 100 variables its easy to define an array of 100 length.

[james014]

Array is store the same datatype of element. In PHP using syntax of array.

<?php
$arr=array("HI","Welcome,"PHP");
echo $arr[0] . ", " . $arr[1] . " and " . $arr[2] . ".";
?>

Simple example of understanding of array.
This is a type of indexing array.

[hillajax]

PHP Array, like array is a homogeneous and liner data structure, that serve each and every data element like the chain of values of same data types. The main advantage of array that it provide usability of codes and establish a relation ships between data elements.

[synergypower]

Arrays can be used in numerous ways to store and arrange data easily. It is one of the more useful data types available to any development terminology.

[StuartSpindlow11]

PHP Arrays are like the ultimate variable of PHP. It is also acts as a storage for a collection of elements. Arrays can contain other variables like strings, integers, or even other arrays in a list type format.

[jacks]

An array is a special variable, which can hold more than one value at a time.
If you have a list of items (a list of color names, for example), storing the cars in single variables could look like this:


$color1 = "Red";
$color2 = "Yellow";
$color3 = "blue";

[kumar1]

An array is a data structure that stores one or more similar type of values in a single value

[ziya.pathan]

An PHP array is a special variable, which can hold more than one value at a time. array can hold many values under a single name, and you can access the values by referring to an index number.

[mystic98]

An array in PHP is actually an ordered map. A map is a type that associates values to keys. This type is optimized for several different uses; it can be treated as an array, list (vector), hash table (an implementation of a map), dictionary, collection, stack, queue, and probably more. As array values can be other arrays, trees and multidimensional arrays are also possible.

[salenaadam]

PHP - Arrays. An array is a data structure that stores one or more similar type of values in a single value. For example if you want to store 100 numbers then instead of defining 100 variables its easy to define an array of 100 length.