Associative Array Syntax

Simple

 

$carParts = array(
   'Tires'=>100,
   'Window'=>1042,
   'DoorHandle'=>917
);

Array of Associative Arrays

public $notifyPartners = array(
   array(
    'name' => 'Twitter',
    'tag'  => 'Social Network',
    'url'  => ''),
   array(
    'name' => 'Campaign Monitor',
    'tag'  => 'Email Marketing',
    'url'  => ''),
   array(
    'name' => 'Sendloop',
    'tag'  => 'Email Marketing',
    'url'  => ''),
   array(
    'name' => 'Highrise',
    'tag'  => 'CRM',
    'url'  => '')
);

Looping

foreach ($carParts as $key => $value) {
 echo $key.'=>'.$value.'<br />';
}

while ($element = each($carParts)) {
 echo $element['key'];
 echo ' - ';
 echo $element['value'];
 echo '<br />';
}