"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"); // to output a member of the array use the following notation echo $amonths[1]; // to walk through the entire array and output each member // use a foreach() loop foreach($amonths as $smonth) echo $smonth; // create an associative array $array = ("blog"=>"fortheloveofgeeks.com ", "podcast" => "geeks on php"); // results in "fortheloveofgeeks.com " echo $array["blog"]; ?>