Similar to regular arrays but in which elements have their own key instead of the usual text index.

Arrays in PHP. Create, add, change. Code example
May 4, 2022
Create associative array:
$user = [ "name" => 'Spike', "surname" => 'Johnson', "age" => 23 ];
Show the element of the array:
echo $user['name'];//Spike
Multilevel array
Example:
$families = [["Tom", "Alice"], ["Bob", "Kate"]]; echo $families[0][0]; //Tom echo $families[0][1]; //Alice echo $families[1][0]; //Bob echo $families[1][1]; //Kate
If you want to output an element of a multilevel Associative array, use:
echo $families[2]['name'];//turn to the second array and look for the element with the key "name";
Functions for working with arrays – https://www.php.net/manual/ref.array.php