Question

I am new to php. I was wondering how I could declare a static array in php. Here is what I would do in C. How is the corresponding php code for it?

char a[][] = { (1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (3,1), (3,2), (3,3) };

From what I read it has to be something like this –

$a = array( 1 => array(1,1), 2 => array(1,2), ... );

Is this correct? If so it sucks 🙂 I hope I am wrong.

Thanks,
– Pav

Answer 1

You’ve already found the way to do it natively.

Another option would be to declare your data as JSON (a very concise and human-friendly format). This could be either in a separate file bundled with your app, or directly in your code in a string. Then parse the JSON at runtime. Since PHP isn’t exactly known for speed, this may or may not make your noticeably app slower to start.