PHP Array Operator

Description

You can create and manage arrays using square brackets []. [] can both create arrays and add elements to the end of an array.

Syntax

Array operator has the following syntax.

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Example 1

The following code uses the array operator to create and indexed array.

<?PHP/*from www  .  ja  v a2 s . c  o  m*/
$array[] = "Foo"; 
$array[] = "Bar"; 
$array[] = "java2s.com"; 
var_dump($array); 
?>

The code above generates the following result.

Example 2

For non-default indices, we can place our key inside the square brackets, like this:

<?PHP/*  ww w. j  ava 2 s . c  o m*/
$array["a"] = "Foo"; 
$array["b"] = "Bar"; 
$array["c"] = "Baz"; 
var_dump($array); 
?>

The code above generates the following result.