PHP Arrays: A Complete Guide to Using Arrays in PHP

A multidimensional array in PHP is an array containing one or more arrays. Multidimensional arrays allow you to create complex data structures, such as matrices, tables, or any nested structure. PHP supports both indexed and associative arrays as sub-arrays in a multidimensional array.

Note

The dimension of an array indicates the number of indices required to access a specific element in that array.

You need 2 indices to access an element of two-dimensional array
You need 3 indices to access an element of three-dimensional array

PHP Multidimensional Array Example

Let's see a simple example of PHP multidimensional array to display following tabular data. In this example, we are displaying 3 rows and 2 columns.

Name	Age
John	30
Alice	25
Bob	35

To get access to the elements of the above table we must point to the two indices (row and column):

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<body>

<?php

$multiArray = [

["name" => "John", "age" => 30],

["name" => "Alice", "age" => 25],

["name" => "Bob", "age" => 35]

];

// Accessing elements

echo $multiArray[1]["name"]; // Output: Alice

echo $multiArray[0]["age"]; // Output: 30

</body>

</html>

Try it yourself

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