php assosiative array code example

Example 1: Associative array in php

<?php 
/* 
There are 3 Types of array in php  
1. Indexed arrays - Arrays with a numeric index
2. Associative arrays - Arrays with named keys
3. Multidimensional arrays - Arrays containing one or more arrays

This is the second one - Associative arrays
*/

$age = array("Samy"=>"35", "Naveen"=>"37", "Amit"=>"43");
echo "Mr.Samy is " . $age['Samy'] . " years old.";

?>

Example 2: how to create an associative array in php

<?php
	$associativeArray = [
        "carOne" => "BMW",
        "carTwo" => "VW",
        "carThree" => "Mercedes"
    ];
    
    echo $associativeArray["carTwo"] . " Is a german brand";
?>

Example 3: how to create associative array in php

<?php 
  /*
  there are three type of array
  	1 - Indexed array
  */
 	$a = array('a','b','c');
	$b = ['a','b','c'];
	/*
    2 - Associative array
    */
	$c = array(
    	'keyOne'=>'valueOne',
      	'keyTwo'=>'valueTwo'
    );
	$d = [
      'keyOne'=>'valueOne',
      'keyTwo'=>'valueTwo'
    ];
/*
    3 - Multidimensional  array
    */
	$c = array(
    	'keyOne'=>array('a','b','c'),
      	'keyTwo'=>array('a'=>'1','b'=>'2')
    );
	$d = [
      'keyOne'=>['a','b','c'],
      	'keyTwo'=>['a'=>'1','b'=>'2']
    ];
  ?>

Example 4: php associative array

<?php
$arr = array('fruit' => 'mango', 'vegetable' => 'tomato', 'thing' => 'bag');
echo $arr['fruit']
/*OUTPUT
*/mango
?>