Creating Multidimensional Arrays

You want to associate mutiple elements with a single key.

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<?php
echo "<p><b>This is a multidimensional array.</b></p>";
$fruits = array('red' => array('Apples', 'Stawberries'),
				'yellow' => array('Bananas', 'Pineapple'),
				'green' => array('Grapes', 'Kiwis')
			   );

echo "<p><b>Using print_r().</b></p>";
print_r($fruits);

echo "<p><b>Using foreach.</b></p>";
foreach ($fruits as $color=>$color_fruits) {
	// $color_fruits is an array
	foreach($color_fruits as $fruit) {
		echo "$fruit are colored $color. <br />";
	}
}
?>
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Arrays (cintinued) | Adding all Values in an Array | Flipping an Array | Extracting Variables from Arrays | Imploding Arrays | Exploding Arrays | Navigating through Arrays | Merging Arrays | Comparing Arrays | Sorting Arrays | Creating Multidimensional Arrays | Sorting Multiple Arrays
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