PHP indexed array is a simple type of array.
An indexed array use number as access keys.
You can define indexed array in following two ways:
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$variable_name = array("value1", "value2", "value3"... "value n"); |
OR
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$variable_name[0] = "value1"; $variable_name[1] = "value2"; $variable_name[2] = "value3"; |
Example
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<?php $country = array("India", "Australia", "Switzerland"); echo "Following are countries names: $country[0], $country[1], $country[2]"; ?> |
Output:
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Following are countries names: India, Australia, Switzerland |
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<?php $country[0] = "India"; $country[1] = "Australia"; $country[2] = "Switzerland"; echo "Following are countries names: $country[0], $country[1], $country[2]"; ?> |
Output:
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Following are countries names: India, Australia, Switzerland |
Here, $country is a name of variable.
0,1,2 are the index numbers of the elements.
India, Australia, Switzerland are the values assigned to array elements.