1: $apple contains array(2) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["bar"]=> string(3) "foo" } 2: $orange contains array(2) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["bar"]=> string(3) "foo" } 3: $pluto contains array(2) { [1]=> string(1) "d" [0]=> int(34) } 4: $pippo contains array(4) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["bar"]=> string(3) "foo" [100]=> int(-100) [-100]=> int(100) } 5: $paperino contains array(5) { [0]=> string(1) "a" [1]=> string(1) "b" [6]=> string(1) "c" [4]=> string(1) "d" [7]=> string(1) "e" } 5: $strange_multiarray contains array(3) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" [42]=> int(24) ["multi"]=> array(1) { ["dimensional"]=> array(1) { ["array"]=> string(3) "foo" } } } and each element of the array $strange_multiarray can be accessed with the 'array[key]' syntax expression. string(3) "bar" int(24) array(1) { ["dimensional"]=> array(1) { ["array"]=> string(3) "foo" } } array(1) { ["array"]=> string(3) "foo" } string(3) "foo"