34,333
edits
Changes
→Getting Information About PHP Arrays & other Array Functions
<td>shuffle<td>Sorts the array elements into random order</td>
</table>
== Summary ==
Arrays in PHP are one of the most powerful and flexible mechanisms for storing and manipulating lists of data. Much has been covered in this chapter to ensure that you have both an understanding of how to create arrays, and also the wide range of functions that are available to work with those arrays. Without arrays it would be very difficult to work with large numbers of associated variables.
Arrays will be used often in the course of developing web applications using PHP. Arrays are also often returned from many of the built-in PHP functions so taking the time to learn about them in this chapter will pay off many times over in the future.