Associative arrays in php

In this tutorial learn how work array in php, In PHP, there are three types of arrays: Indexed/numberic arrays, Associative arrays and Multidimensional arrays in php.

Indexed arrays - In Arrays with a numeric index, value are stored and access in linearly. 
Associative arrays - In Arrays with named keys, value can stored associative with keys value also
Multidimensional arrays - In Arrays containing one or more arrays



The Associative arrays and Indexed array are similar in term of functionality but they different in term of their key index.

Associative arrays Example: 

$data = array("one" => "Jack","two" => "Taylor","three" => "Nakiya","four" => "Huge","five" => "Chirag"); 

Or store in manually also 

 $data["one"] = "Jack";
 $data["two"] = "Taylor";
 $data["three"] = "Nakiya";
 $data["four"] = "Huge";
 $data["five"] = "Chirag";
 print_r($data);

      

Above example OUTPUT: 

Array ( [one] => Jack [two] => Taylor [three] => Nakiya [four] => Huge [five] => Chirag )

To loop through and print all the values of an indexed array, you could use a foreach loop, like this:

<?php
 $data["one"] = "Jack";
 $data["two"] = "Taylor";
 $data["three"] = "Nakiya";
 $data["four"] = "Huge";
 $data["five"] = "Chirag";
  
 foreach( $data as $key => $value ) {
            echo "data key ".$key." value is ".$value."<br />";
         }     
      

?>

Above Example Output:

data key one value is Jack
data key two value is Taylor
data key three value is Nakiya
data key four value is Huge
data key five value is Chirag