Hash Maps and Hash Tables in PHP

Not for 'how-to' coding questions but PHP theory instead, this forum is here for those of us who wish to learn about design aspects of programming with PHP.

Moderator: General Moderators

Post Reply
ptobra
Forum Newbie
Posts: 11
Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:43 pm

Hash Maps and Hash Tables in PHP

Post by ptobra »

Are there similar features in PHP comparing to javas hash Map and Hash Tables, vectors etc.
:o :o
User avatar
sweatje
Forum Contributor
Posts: 277
Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:04 pm
Location: Iowa, USA

Post by sweatje »

User avatar
Chris Corbyn
Breakbeat Nuttzer
Posts: 13098
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:57 am
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Post by Chris Corbyn »

Yeah hash tables in languages like perl and java etc are what we'd call associative arrays in PHP. PHP arrays are pretty loosely structured with mixed types, mixed indexing and non-fixed sizes.
Post Reply