Question

I am having trouble with my arrays.

$mini_one = array(
    "in" => "#pp1",
    "ot" => "the-r1",
    "fn" => "the_r1()",
    "js" => "$('the-r1').val($('#pp1').val());",
    "ep" => "not tested"
);

$mini_two = array(
    "in" => "#pp1",
    "ot" => "the-r1",
    "fn" => "the_r1()",
    "js" => "$('the-r1').val($('#pp1').val());",
    "ep" => "not tested"
);
//these are different but i just c/p it to show more than one array 
//inside of $big_array

$big_array = array($mini_one,$mini_two);

but when I test the big_array with is_array() it returns false, it also doesn’t work in my foreach loop.

I would like to know why it is not an array?, how I can make it into a correct array?, and, as it is now, what type of construct it is considered?

Answer 1

You need to paste the exact array for us to see whats going on. i tried using your above code snippet it works.
Your $big_array will be like below

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [in] => #pp1
            [ot] => the-r1
            [fn] => the_r1()
            [js] => $('the-r1').val($('#pp1').val());
            [ep] => not tested
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [in] => #pp1
            [ot] => the-r1
            [fn] => the_r1()
            [js] => $('the-r1').val($('#pp1').val());
            [ep] => not tested
        )

)

so its multidimensional to loop through it with foreach you need to do the following.
foreach($big_array as $k=>$v) {
foreach($v as $v1) {
echo $v1."<br>";
}
}