How to add elements to an empty array in PHP?

Question

If I define an array in PHP such as (I don\'t define its size):

$cart = array();

Do I simply add el

Answer 1

$products_arr["passenger_details"]=array();
array_push($products_arr["passenger_details"],array("Name"=>"Isuru Eshan","E-Mail"=>"isuru.eshan@gmail.com"));
echo "<pre>";
echo json_encode($products_arr,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
echo "</pre>";

//OR

$countries = array();
$countries["DK"] = array("code"=>"DK","name"=>"Denmark","d_code"=>"+45");
$countries["DJ"] = array("code"=>"DJ","name"=>"Djibouti","d_code"=>"+253");
$countries["DM"] = array("code"=>"DM","name"=>"Dominica","d_code"=>"+1");
foreach ($countries as $country){
echo "<pre>";
echo print_r($country);
echo "</pre>";
}

Answer 2

When one wants elements to be added with zero-based element indexing, I guess this will work as well:

// adding elements to an array with zero-based index
$matrix= array();
$matrix[count($matrix)]= 'element 1';
$matrix[count($matrix)]= 'element 2';
...
$matrix[count($matrix)]= 'element N';