$array[key] & $array[value]

[intenz]

Can I do...

$array[key] = 'thekey';
$array[value] = 'thevalue';

And it would be the same as if I would do...

$array = array('thekey'=>'thevalue');

? 😃

[Weedpacket]

The short answer is: 'No'.
The constructive answer is: "try it and see".
The pedagogical answer is:

The first one adds two key=>value pairs to $array. Assuming $array is empty to begin with, it's equivalent to

$array=array(
'key'=>'thekey',
'value'=>'thevalue');

which is nowt like the second example.
(and you should've said $array['key'] when writing the first example)

[intenz]

Uhm, how can I set the KEY and VALUE with this "set an array variable" method?

[jerdo]

To do this the way you are looking at
$array = array('thekey'=>'thevalue');
Try this:
$array['thekey']='thevalue';
What you had listed would create two separate values in an associative array:
Number one key='key' value='thekey'
Number two key='value' value='thevalue'