getting a value from the array in php

Question

when i say

var_dump($this->variables['DEFAULTS_VALUES']);  

I get the Following array

array(1) {
  ["ABE LOB RPT"]=>
  string(8) "BEST2"
}

how do i get the value ["ABE BBB CCC"] from this array
when i say in this way $this->variables['DEFAULTS_VALUES'][0] It says UNDEFINED OFFSET: 0 .how do i get the value ["ABE BBB CCC"] from this array

Answer 1

Your array is associative array you need this:

echo $this->variables['DEFAULTS_VALUES']['ABE LOB RPT']; // BEST2

Answer 2

You're getting "undefined offset" errors because there's no value at index 0 in that array. PHP arrays are actually "ordered maps", and what looks like the first value here is actually a key -- $this->variables['DEFAULTS_VALUES']['ABE LOB RPT'] would give you back 'BEST2'.

If you actually want the keys, the array_keys function would give them to you. Or you could use a foreach loop:

foreach ($this->variables['DEFAULTS_VALUES'] as $key => $value)
{
    print "$key: $value<br>\n";
}

In your case, the one and only time through the loop would print out "ABE LOB RPT: BEST2".