Re: what is the meaning

Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:

sam wrote:
What is the meaning of this operator:-
=>

Assignment - used in arrays?

Hm. But why the need for a special operator here? Wouldn't
a simple = have done the job just as well?

Yes, but you'd have to write it differently.

Consider this simple example:

$someArray = array('field1' => 1, 'field2' => 'two');

If it equivalent to:

$someArray = array();
$someArray['field1'] = 1;
$someArray['field2'] = 'two';

Moreover, the second option might trigger an E_NOTICE, since
you would be trying to assign a value to a not-yet-defined member
of the array...

Cheers,
NC

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