multidimensional arrays

From: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:20:03 +0000
Subject: multidimensional arrays
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Plutarck wrote: > PHP can be a tad screwy with how it handles multi-dimensional arrays, but > yes PHP handles them. No real speed problems with them either. > > But you may just want to use an associative array like: > > $loc = array("y" => $y, "x" => $x); > > Then just use $loc["y"] and $loc["x"]. > > Just another option, but feel free to use multi-dimensional arrays. Just be > aware that PHP supports only two dimensions (so $array[][][] will not work), > and if you try and get fancy with sort() and count() you are going to give > yourself a migraine. $a[1][2][3][4][5] = "6"; echo $a[1][2][3][4][5]; $b[][][][]= "7"; echo $b[0][0][0][0]; I get '6' and '7'. Am I doing something wrong? This seems like PHP supports arrays with dimensions greater than 2.

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