Add 2 values to 1 key in a PHP array

Question

I have a result set of data that I want to write to an array in php. Here is my sample data:

**Name** **Abbrev**
Mike     M
Tom      T
Jim      J

Answer 1

$person = array('name' => 'Mike', 'initial' => 'M');
array_push($people, $person);

That said, I'm not sure why you're storing the data separately. The initial can be fetched directly from the name via substr($name, 0, 1).