{"id":340,"date":"2022-10-26T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2022-10-28T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T07:49:20","slug":"what-is-an-array-its-cases-to-use-in-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/what-is-an-array-its-cases-to-use-in-php\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Array &#038; its cases to use in PHP?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>arrays is a type of data structure that allows us to store multiple elements of similar data type under a single variable. the arrays are helpful to create a list of elements of similar data types, which can be accessed using their index number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In simple words (array is a special variable, which can hold more than one value at a time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489\" width=\"603\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0.png 538w, https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>example: <\/strong>assume we want to store five names and print them accordingly. this can be easily done by the use of five different string variables. but instead of five, the number rises to a hundred, then it would be really difficult for the user or developer to create so many different variables. here array comes to helps us to store every element within a single variable and also allows easy access using an index number. an array is created using with an&nbsp;<strong>array()<\/strong>function in PHP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cases to use array in php<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">case1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;?php  \n  $subjects=array(\"c++\",\"php\",\"java\",\"os\");  \n    echo \" subjects: $c++&#91;0],$php&#91;1],$java&#91;2],$os&#91;3]\";  \n?&gt;  <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>subjects: c++,php,java,os<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">case2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;?php  \n     $subjects&#91;0]=\"c++\";  \n     $subjects&#91;1]=\"php\";  \n      $subjects&#91;2]=\"java\";  \n      $subjects&#91;3]=\"os\";  \n      echo \"subjects: $c++&#91;0],$php&#91;1],$java&#91;2],$os&#91;3]\";  \n?&gt;  \n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>subjects: c++,php,java,os<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">case3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;?php    \n    $marks=array(\"c++\"=&gt;\"24\",\"php\"=&gt;\"56\",\"java\"=&gt;\"77\");    \n   echo \"c++: \".$marks&#91;\"c++\"].\"&lt;br\/&gt;\";  \n    echo \"php: \".$marks&#91;\"phpjava\"].\"&lt;br\/&gt;\";  \n    echo \"java: \".$marks&#91;\"Kartik\"].\"&lt;br\/&gt;\";  \n?&gt;    <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">c++:24\nphp:56\njava:77<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">case4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;?php    \n    $marks&#91;\"c++\"]=\"24\";    \n    $marks&#91;\"php\"]=\"56\";    \n    $marks&#91;\"java\"]=\"77\";    \n   echo \"c++  \".$marks&#91;\"c++\"].\"&lt;br\/&gt;\";  \n   echo \"php  \".$marks&#91;\"php\"].\"&lt;br\/&gt;\";  \n   echo \"java  \".$marks&#91;\"java\"].\"&lt;br\/&gt;\";  \n?&gt;   \n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>c++  24\nphp  56\njava  77<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>arrays is a type of data structure that allows us to store multiple elements of similar data type under a single variable. the arrays are helpful to create a list&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is an Array &amp; its cases to use in PHP? 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