Re: [PHP] difference between indexed and associative arrays?

No there isn't and it doesn't much matter.  You can use foreach() on
both and if associative you can use array_values() to get an integer
indexed array if for whatever reason you want to use a for() loop.

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Jeffry Killen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 3:09 PM, Kevin Waterson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> <?php
>>        $a1 = array( 'one'=>'koala', 'two'=>'dingo', 'three'=>'kangaroo',
>> 'four'=>'kookaburra', 'sixty'=>'wallaby' );
>>        $a2= array( 'koala', 'gecko', 'bilbi', 'crocodile', 'wallaby' );
>>
>>        $diff = array_diff( $a1, $a2 );
>>
>>        print_r( $diff );
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Jeffry Killen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a function that will produce the difference between indexed and
>>> associative arrays, without actually testing for string or integer indices?
>>>
>>> (Although I realize that arrays can be mixed string and integer indeces.)
>>>
>>> Thank you for time and attention.
>>> JK
>>>
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>
> To answer the replies,
>
> And associative array would be looped with foreach
> and an indexed array would be looped through with for and an iterator.
>
> from examples above:
> $a1 is an associative array so it would be looped through with foreach
> and
> $a2 is an indexed array so it would be looped through with a for loop
> with an integer iterator.
>
> So, I want to know before hand what type of loop to use on an unanticipated
> array type.
>
> This example I am assuming could be valid, where $a3[0] == 'one';
> and $a3[3] == 'four':
> $a3 = array('one', 'two'=>'two', 'three'=>'three', 'four');
>
> Thanks again for time and attention
> JK
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