[problem]
You want to work with string index arrays. Sometimes called Hashes.
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[solution]
PHP can handle number or string indexed arrays.
Arrays can be initialized in a number of ways. For example:
Basic array assignment and initialization, without specify numbers or strings:
<?php
$names[]="joe";
$names[]="john";
$names[]="jim";
?>
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[example]
Specifically assigning values to numbered elements in the names array:
<?php
$names[0]="joe";
$names[1]="john";
$names[2]="jim";
?>
Quicker way to assign values to names array:
$names=array(“joe”,”john”,”jim”);
Assigning values to a string indexed array – or hash (key and value pairs):
<?php
$addresses=array(
"joe" => "1 Marble Street",
"john" => "12 Marble Street",
"jim" => "23 Marble Street"
);
?>
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[reference]
[tags]PHP, Arrays, PHP Coding School[/tags]
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