// never print an array straight away

// so instead you so use foreach loop to get one by one

$ar = array(a,b,c);

foreach ($ar as $arr)

{

    echo $arr   

}

// Use json_encode to collapse the array to json string:

$stuff = array(1,2,3);

print json_encode($stuff);   //Prints [1,2,3]

$gadget = array( 'computer', 'mobile', 'tablet' );

echo implode($arr);

$person = [

    'name' => 'Jon',

    'age' => 26,

    'status' => null,

    'friends' => ['Matt', 'Kaci', 'Jess']

];

​

echo json_encode($person);

// {"name":"Jon","age":26,"status":null,"friends":["Matt","Kaci","Jess"]}

​

echo json_encode($person);

// use the builtin php function print_r or var_dump:

$stuff = array(1,2,3);

print_r($stuff);

$stuff = array(3,4,5);

var_dump($stuff);

$array = array('apple', 'banana', 'orange');

$string = implode(', ', $array);

echo $string;

$stuff = array(1,2,3);

print_r($stuff);

$stuff = array(3,4,5);

var_dump($stuff);

// suppress the Notices:

error_reporting(0);

print(array(1,2,3));    //Prints 'Array' without a Notice.