If I have an associative arrays which is like this:

 

([4] => 1, [1] => 2, [3] => 1)

 

I know that the things in the brackets is the key and the number to the right of the "arrow" is the value.

 

How do I / what is the whole thing collectively called i.e. [4] => 1

 

Is it the first 'item'?

 

If I wanted to output this as a table what do I need to do to get this "value" - if the table e.g. was something like this:

 

Id   Product    Qty
1    4          2
2    1          2
3    3          1

Edited February 12, 201115 yr by Citrus Cube Design

$x = 0;
foreach($array as $key => $value) {
   $x++;
   echo $x . ' | ' . $key . ' | ' . $value;
}

Yes you can describe it as an item. As per the manual, there are a lot of different uses for it such as lists, stack, queue, collection

So it really depends on what your use is for it, but I guess there's no wrong answer

Looks good to me.

$x = 0;
foreach($array as $key => $value) {
   $x++;
   echo $x . ' | ' . $key . ' | ' . $value;
}

 

...providing you're not interested in $array[0].

 

Alternatively, you could use:

 

foreach($array as $key => $value) {
   echo $x . ' | ' . $key . ' | ' . $value;
   $x++;
}

 

Correct term would be an array member or a key/value pair.

Edited February 14, 201115 yr by Renaissance-Design

That counters nothing to do with the array in my code, i just started it from 1 because his table id column started at 1.