array function php code example

Example 1: common array methods php

sizeof($arr) //returns the size of elements in the array
is_array($arr) // returns true if $arr is an array and false otherwise
in_array($var, $arr) // check if $var is in the array $arr
print_r($arr) // prints the complete representation of the array
array_merge($arr1, $arr2) //combines $arr1 and $arr2 into a single array
array_values($arr) //store all the values into a new array without the keys but only the values
array_keys($arr) // returns only the keys inside an array
array_pop($arr) // removes the last element of  the array
array_push($arr, $val) // pushes $val to the end of array
array_shift($arr) // removes the first element in the array $arr
sort($arr) // sorts an array in an ascending order

/*Other sorting methods are:
-asort()
-arsort()
-ksort()
-krsort()
-rsort()
*/

array_map('function_name', $arr) // passes each value in the array inside the fuction and do the operation on the array data
array_flip($arr) //This function interchange the keys and the values of a PHP associative array.
array_reverse($arr) //This function is used to reverse the order of elements
array_rand($arr) //randomly pick an element from the array
array_slice($arr, $offset, $length)//This function is used to create a subset of any array

Example 2: array php

<?php
$array = array(
    "foo" => "bar",
    "bar" => "foo",
);

// as of PHP 5.4
$array = [
    "foo" => "bar",
    "bar" => "foo",
];
?>

Example 3: php array

<?php
$array = array(
    "foo" => "bar",
    42    => 24,
    "multi" => array(
         "dimensional" => array(
             "array" => "foo"
         )
    )
);

var_dump($array["foo"]);
var_dump($array[42]);
var_dump($array["multi"]["dimensional"]["array"]);
?>

Example 4: php array

<html>
   <body>
   
      <?php
         /* First method to create array. */
         $numbers = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
         
         foreach( $numbers as $value ) {
            echo "Value is $value <br />";
         }
         
         /* Second method to create array. */
         $numbers[0] = "one";
         $numbers[1] = "two";
         $numbers[2] = "three";
         $numbers[3] = "four";
         $numbers[4] = "five";
         
         foreach( $numbers as $value ) {
            echo "Value is $value <br />";
         }
      ?>
      
   </body>
</html>

Example 5: php array

<?php
$array = array("foo", "bar", "hello", "world");
var_dump($array);
?>

Example 6: php array

$array = ['cheese', 'ham', 'potato'];

var_dump($array);