How to access nested associative array data in PHP

Question

I have an indexed array that contains a nested associative array AND a nested indexed array:

$myArray = array ( 
    0 => array (
        'name' => 'Paul', 
        'age' => '23', 
        'hobbies' => array ( 
            0 => 'basketball',
        ), 
        'pets' => 'dog',
    ),
);

How can I access all of these values and convert them into variables?

You shouldn't, just use the array whenever you need any of its values. — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 15:30
I'm having a problem with that. For example, echo $myArray[0]['name']; doesn't output what I'd expect. — user3452136
– user3452136, Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 15:38
What does it output? When I tried it it output "Paul". And @jeroen is right, you'll just clutter up the variable space if you start trying to convert an array into variables. — GordonM
– GordonM, Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 16:29
I think the problem is that what I'm trying to do is convert an entire string into an array. I'll probably have to split up the string via "explode" or "preg_split". — user3452136
– user3452136, Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 16:58

Vikash · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-02 16:25:02Z

3

You can just access from Array

Write your array like this

$myArray = [
  0 => [
      'name' => 'Paul',
      'age' => '23',
      'hobbies' => [
              0 => 'basketball',
            ],
      'pets' => 'dog'
    ]
];

Suppose you want to access name of first elements

echo $myArray[0]['name']; // it will print 'Paul'
echo $myArray[0]['hobbies'][0]; // it will print basketball

Now you can fetch like above.

edited Feb 2, 2017 at 16:25

answered Feb 2, 2017 at 15:37

Vikash

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user3452136 Over a year ago

When I do that, I just get the letter 'a', which I'm assuming is from the word 'array'.

Vikash Over a year ago

You can copy & paste my code here. phpfiddle.org . Run it. I have just checked its working correctly

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