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array -- Create an array

Description

array array(...);

Returns an array of the parameters. The parameters can be given an index with the => operator.

Note: array() is a language construct used to represent literal arrays, and not a regular function.

The following example demonstrates how to create a two-dimensional array, how to specify keys for associative arrays, and how to skip-and-continue numeric indices in normal arrays.

Example 1. array() example

  1 
  2 $fruits = array (
  3     "fruits"  => array("a"=>"orange", "b"=>"banana", "c"=>"apple"),
  4     "numbers" => array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6),
  5     "holes"   => array("first", 5 => "second", "third")
  6 );
  7 

See also: list().

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