Associative Arrays

Associative arrays map string keys to values.

associative_arrays.php

<?php
$item = ;
$price = ["apple" => 2, "banana" => 3, "pear" => 4][$item];
$label = $item . ":" . $price;

echo "item=" . $item . "\n";
echo "price=" . $price . "\n";
echo "label=" . $label . "\n";

<?php
$item = ;
$price = ["apple" => 2, "banana" => 3, "pear" => 4][$item];
$label = $item . ":" . $price;

echo "item=" . $item . "\n";
echo "price=" . $price . "\n";
echo "label=" . $label . "\n";

<?php
$item = ;
$price = ["apple" => 2, "banana" => 3, "pear" => 4][$item];
$label = $item . ":" . $price;

echo "item=" . $item . "\n";
echo "price=" . $price . "\n";
echo "label=" . $label . "\n";

associative key An associative array key can be a string, letting code look up values by name.