PHP- Functions and Arrays

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 Definition
• A function is a named block of code that does
a specific task.
• It will be executed by a call to the function.
function NameOfFunction() {
echo "my name is Rajan";
}
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NameOfFunction();
 Types of Functions
• There are two types of functions in PHP:
1. Internal (built-in) Functions
2. User Defined Functions
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 Some Internal Functions
There are more than 1000 built-in functions

phpinfo() array()
print() date()
mysqli_connect() time()
error_reporting() strlen()
error_log() copy()
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 PHP Arrays
• An array is a data structure that stores one or
more similar type of values in a single value.
For example if you want to store 100 numbers
then instead of defining 100 variables its easy
to define an array of 100 length.
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 Types of Arrays
• Numeric array − An array with a numeric index.
Values are stored and accessed in linear fashion.

• Associative array − An array with strings as index.

This stores element values in association with key
values rather than in a strict linear index order.

• Multidimensional array − An array containing

one or more arrays and values are accessed using
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 Indexed Array
• $fruits = array("Apple", "Mango", "Orange",
"Pineapple");
echo $fruits[0] . ", " . $fruits[1] . " , " .
$fruits[2] ." and ". $fruits[3]. " are fruits.";
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 Associative Arrays
• $population = array("Ghorahi"=>"350000",
"Tulsipur"=>"320000");
echo "Population of Ghorahi is " .
$population['Ghorahi'];

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 Multidimensional Arrays
• $multiarray = array(
array("Ram", "Sita", "Shyam"),
array("Tulsipur", "Ghorahi", "Khaira"),
);
print_r($multiarray);
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