Use print_r() instead of echo to print entire arrays. echo can be used to get single values
1<?php
2 // Array (index based)
3 $color = array('red', 'green', 'yellow', 'blue');
4
5 print_r( $colors );
6?>
Array
(
[0] => red
[1] => green
[2] => yellow
[3] => blue
)
1// Associative Arrays (strings as keys)
2$johnny = array(
3 'name' => 'Johny',
4 'age' => 32,
5 'job' => 'Software Engineer',
6);
7
8print_r( $johnny );
Array
(
[name] => Johny
[age] => 32
[job] => Software Engineer
)
1echo $johnny['job']; // Software Engineer
1// Multidimensional (nested) Arrays (index based)
2$employees = array(
3 $johnny = array(
4 'name' => 'Johny',
5 'age' => 32,
6 'job' => 'Software Engineer',
7 ),
8 $jack = array(
9 'name' => 'Jack',
10 'age' => 26,
11 'job' => 'Marketing Manager',
12 ),
13 $jane = array(
14 'name' => 'Jane',
15 'age' => 23,
16 'job' => 'Project Manager',
17 ),
18);
19
20print_r( $employees );
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Johny
[age] => 32
[job] => Software Engineer
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => Jack
[age] => 26
[job] => Marketing Manager
)
[2] => Array
(
[name] => Jane
[age] => 23
[job] => Project Manager
)
)
1// Multidimensional (nested) Arrays (strings as keys)
2$employees = array(
3 'johnny' => array(
4 'name' => 'Johny',
5 'age' => 32,
6 'job' => 'Software Engineer',
7 ),
8 'jack' => array(
9 'name' => 'Jack',
10 'age' => 26,
11 'job' => 'Marketing Manager',
12 ),
13 'jane' => array(
14 'name' => 'Jane',
15 'age' => 23,
16 'job' => 'Project Manager',
17 ),
18);
19
20print_r( $employees );
Array
(
[johnny] => Array
(
[name] => Johny
[age] => 32
[job] => Software Engineer
)
[jack] => Array
(
[name] => Jack
[age] => 26
[job] => Marketing Manager
)
[jane] => Array
(
[name] => Jane
[age] => 23
[job] => Project Manager
)
)
1print_r($employees['jane']);
Array
(
[name] => Jane
[age] => 23
[job] => Project Manager
)
1echo $employees['jane']; // PHP Warning: Array to string conversion in /workspace/Main.php on line 40
1print_r($employees['jane']['job']);
2
3// OR
4echo $employees['jane']['job'];