Arrays with named keys.

[daydreamer]

So i need to create an array with named keys. E.g

$theVariable = array("google" => "http//google.com", "yahoo"=> "http://yahoo.com");

 

The information is coming from a database, so when I create the array I wont know the key names, but i need to print them on page, with the corresponding values.

 

How would I print a list like this:

 

Key        Value

google    http//google.com

yahoo    http://yahoo.com

etc

 

 

So basically how do I retrieve the names of the keys without knowing what they are, and how could I echo them to the page?

 

Obviously i know how to access the values:

$theVariable[keyname];

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

[BlueSkyIS]

array_keys -- Return all the keys of an array

Description

 

array array_keys ( array input [, mixed search_value [, bool strict]] )

array_keys() returns the keys, numeric and string, from the input array.

 

If the optional search_value is specified, then only the keys for that value are returned. Otherwise, all the keys from the input are returned. As of PHP 5, you can use strict parameter for comparison including type (===).

 

Example 1. array_keys() example

<?php
$array = array(0 => 100, "color" => "red");
print_r(array_keys($array));

$array = array("blue", "red", "green", "blue", "blue");
print_r(array_keys($array, "blue"));

$array = array("color" => array("blue", "red", "green"),
               "size"  => array("small", "medium", "large"));
print_r(array_keys($array));
?>

[BlueSkyIS]

or simply use a foreach loop:

 

foreach ($some_array AS $key=>$value) {
     echo "key: $key, value: $value<br>";
}

[daydreamer]

thanks, the foreach loop looks like what i need. perfect