Real newbie question => /'s

[funnyben123]

Im currently trying to learn php and ive come accross a few things in my book without explanation.
First of all this sign =>
its used like this in my book.

$character = array (
"name" => "bob",
"occupation => "superhero",
"age" => 30,
"special power" => "x-ray vision"
);
If someone could just tell me what => means and does and i can figure out how it works.
with appreciation,
Ben

[thorpe]

in your example, it is assigning the value of bob to the array key of name.

[tommynanda]

If you've programmed b4 in other languages you should have come across something like:
a[1] = "Bob"

in your example they are using "name" instead of using 1

[funnyben123]

thanks a lot, makes a lot of sense,
im actually brand new to programming.