PHP by Example: A Practical Guide to Creating Web Applications with PHP

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A. VasilevPHP by Examplehttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0258-4_4

4. Arrays

Alex Vasilev¹  

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Department of Software Systems and Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

 

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An array is generally a set or group of values united by a common name. Arrays are usually used when there are many values, and creating a separate variable for each is impossible. If so, a common name is used for the entire set of values, and specific values (array elements) are identified using an index or indexes. In ...