Add array data by name php-CodePudding

I'm new to arrays. I'd like to know if you can add data to the array by name. This would be an example of what I want to achieve

example:

$guitars = ['names',['Warvick', 'Gibson', 'Fender']];
$guitars[names][] = "Ibanez";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($guitars);
echo "</pre>";

result

WARNING Use of undefined constant names - assumed 'names' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) on line number 3
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(5) "names"
  [1]=>
  array(3) {
    [0]=>
    string(7) "Warvick"
    [1]=>
    string(6) "Gibson"
    [2]=>
    string(6) "Fender"
  }
  ["names"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(6) "Ibanez"
  }

what I want is to add the data "ibanez" to the array "names" but nevertheless create a new one.

I need it to stay this way. Is there any way to access the data directly by the name "names"?

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(5) "names"
  [1]=>
  array(4) {
    [0]=>
    string(7) "Warvick"
    [1]=>
    string(6) "Gibson"
    [2]=>
    string(6) "Fender"
    [3]=>
    string(6) "Ibanez"
  }
}

CodePudding user response：

You want to use associative arrays. In this case, for example, use the arrow token to associate the guitar names with the "names" key.

$guitars = ['names' => ['Warvick', 'Gibson', 'Fender']];
$guitars['names'][] = "Ibanez";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($guitars);
echo "</pre>";