Array and types of array in php

indexed array
associative array
multidimensional array

Index array - An indexed or numeric array stores each array element with a numeric index.
<?php  $colors = array("Red", "Green", "Blue"); ?>
<?php     $colors[0] = "Red";             $colors[1] = "Green";         $colors[2] = "Blue";         ?>

Associative array - In an associative array, the keys assigned to values can be user defined strings.
for example - <?php       $colors = array("red"=>22, "green"=>32, "blue"=>28);     ?>
<?php      $colors["red"] = "22";    $ages["green"] = "32";    $ages["blue"] = "28"; ?>

Multidimensional array - The multidimensional array is an array in which each element can also be an
array and each element in the sub-array can be an array or further contain array within itself and so
on.