access index of array php code example

Example 1: get index of element in array php

$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');

$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array);   // $key = 1;

Example 2: php array get value at index

$array = array('foo' => 'bar', 33 => 'bin', 'lorem' => 'ipsum');
$array = array_values($array);
echo $array[0]; //bar
echo $array[1]; //bin
echo $array[2]; //ipsum

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"]);
?>