数组能够在单独的变量名中存储一个或多个值。

数组类型:

1、数值数组
带有数字 ID 键的数组
2、关联数组
数组中的每个 ID 键关联一个值
3、多维数组
包含一个或多个数组的数组

数值数组-->数值数组存储的每个元素都带有一个数字 ID 键

eg:

$names = array("Peter","Quagmire","Joe");
$names[0] = "Peter";
$names[1] = "Quagmire";
$names[2] = "Joe";
<?php
$names[0] = "Peter";
$names[1] = "Quagmire";
$names[2] = "Joe";
echo $names[1] . " and " . $names[2] . " are ". $names[0] . "'s neighbors";
?>

输出:

Quagmire and Joe are Peter's neighbors

关联数组-->每个 ID 键都关联一个值

$ages = array("Peter"=>32, "Quagmire"=>30, "Joe"=>34);
<?php
$ages['Peter'] = "32";
$ages['Quagmire'] = "30";
$ages['Joe'] = "34";
echo "Peter is " . $ages['Peter'] . " years old.";
?>

输出:

Peter is 32 years old.

多维数组-->多维数组中,主数组中的每个元素也是一个数组。在子数组中的每个元素也可以是数组,以此类推

$families = array
(
  "Griffin"=>array
  (
  "Peter",
  "Lois",
  "Megan"
  ),
  "Quagmire"=>array
  (
  "Glenn"
  ),
  "Brown"=>array
  (
  "Cleveland",
  "Loretta",
  "Junior"
  )
);

如果输出这个数组的话,应该类似这样:

Array
(
[Griffin] => Array
  (
  [0] => Peter
  [1] => Lois
  [2] => Megan
  )
[Quagmire] => Array
  (
  [0] => Glenn
  )
[Brown] => Array
  (
  [0] => Cleveland
  [1] => Loretta
  [2] => Junior
  )
)

显示上面的数组中的一个单一的值:

echo "Is " . $families['Griffin'][2] . 
" a part of the Griffin family?"; 

输出:

Is Megan a part of the Griffin family?