PHP : Multidimensional Arrays

In a multidimensional array, each element in the main array can also be an array. And each element in the sub-array can be an array, and so on.

Example

In this example we create a multidimensional array, with automatically assigned ID keys:

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

The array above would look like this if written to the output:

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

Example 2

Lets try displaying a single value from the array above:

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

The code above will output:

Is Megan a part of the Griffin family?