$sequentialArray = array('apple', 'orange', 'tomato', 'carrot');

$assocArray = array('fruit1' => 'apple',
                    'fruit2' => 'orange',
                    'veg1' => 'tomato',
                    'veg2' => 'carrot');

<?php

function isAssoc($arr)
{
    return array_keys($arr) !== range(0, count($arr) - 1);
}

var_dump(isAssoc(array('a', 'b', 'c'))); // false
var_dump(isAssoc(array("0" => 'a', "1" => 'b', "2" => 'c'))); // false
var_dump(isAssoc(array("1" => 'a', "0" => 'b', "2" => 'c'))); // true
var_dump(isAssoc(array("a" => 'a', "b" => 'b', "c" => 'c'))); // true

?>

function is_assoc($array) {
  return (bool)count(array_filter(array_keys($array), 'is_string'));
}

<?php
$arr = array(1,2,3,4);
$isIndexed = array_values($arr) === $arr;

for (reset($my_array); is_int(key($my_array)); next($my_array));
$onlyIntKeys = is_null(key($my_array));

function isAssoc($array)
{
    return ($array !== array_values($array));
}

function isAssoc($array)
{
    $array = array_keys($array); return ($array !== array_keys($array));
}

function checkAssoc($array){
    return  ctype_digit( implode('', array_keys($array) ) );
}

function is_assoc($a){
   $a = array_keys($a);
   return ($a != array_keys($a));
}

function array_type( $obj ){
    $last_key = -1;
    $type = 'index';
    foreach( $obj as $key => $val ){
        if( !is_int( $key ) ){
            return 'assoc';
        }
        if( $key !== $last_key + 1 ){
            $type = 'sparse';
        }
        $last_key = $key;
    }
    return $type;
}

//! Check whether the input is an array whose keys are all integers.
/*!
    param[in] $InputArray          (array) Input array.
    return                         (bool) b true iff the input is an array whose keys are all integers.
*/
function IsArrayAllKeyInt($InputArray)
{
    if(!is_array($InputArray))
    {
        return false;
    }

    if(count($InputArray) <= 0)
    {
        return true;
    }

    return array_unique(array_map("is_int", array_keys($InputArray))) === array(true);
}

//! Check whether the input is an array whose keys are all strings.
/*!
    param[in] $InputArray          (array) Input array.
    return                         (bool) b true iff the input is an array whose keys are all strings.
*/
function IsArrayAllKeyString($InputArray)
{
    if(!is_array($InputArray))
    {
        return false;
    }

    if(count($InputArray) <= 0)
    {
        return true;
    }

    return array_unique(array_map("is_string", array_keys($InputArray))) === array(true);
}

//! Check whether the input is an array with at least one key being an integer and at least one key being a string.
/*!
    param[in] $InputArray          (array) Input array.
    return                         (bool) b true iff the input is an array with at least one key being an integer and at least one key being a string.
*/
function IsArraySomeKeyIntAndSomeKeyString($InputArray)
{
    if(!is_array($InputArray))
    {
        return false;
    }

    if(count($InputArray) <= 0)
    {
        return true;
    }

    return count(array_unique(array_map("is_string", array_keys($InputArray)))) >= 2;
}

//! Check whether the input is an array whose keys are numeric, sequential, and zero-based.
/*!
    param[in] $InputArray          (array) Input array.
    return                         (bool) b true iff the input is an array whose keys are numeric, sequential, and zero-based.
*/
function IsArrayKeyNumericSequentialZeroBased($InputArray)
{
    if(!is_array($InputArray))
    {
        return false;
    }

    if(count($InputArray) <= 0)
    {
        return true;
    }

    return array_keys($InputArray) === range(0, count($InputArray) - 1);
}

array(0 => "b");
array(13 => "b");
array(-13 => "b");          // Negative integers are also integers.
array(0x1A => "b");         // Hexadecimal notation.

array("fish and chips" => "b");
array("" => "b");                                   // An empty string is also a string.
array("stackoverflow_email@example.com" => "b");    // Strings may contain non-alphanumeric characters.
array("stackt"over"rnflow's cool" => "b");     // Strings may contain special characters.
array('$tα€k↔øv∈rflöw⛄' => "b");                    // Strings may contain all kinds of symbols.
array("functіon" => "b");                           // You think this look fine? Think again! (see http://stackoverflow.com/q/9246051/1402846)
array("ま말轉转ДŁ" => "b");                         // How about Japanese/Korean/Chinese/Russian/Polish?
array("fix0sh" => "b");                            // Strings may contain null characters.
array(file_get_contents("https://www.google.com.hk/images/nav_logo114.png") => "b");    // Strings may even be binary!

array("13" => "b");
array("-13" => "b");                        // Negative, ok.

array("13." => "b");
array("+13" => "b");                        // Positive, not ok.
array("-013" => "b");
array("0x1A" => "b");                       // Not converted to integers even though it's a valid hexadecimal number.
array("013" => "b");                        // Not converted to integers even though it's a valid octal number.
array("18446744073709551616" => "b");       // Not converted to integers as it can't fit into a 64-bit integer.

array("60000000000" => "b");                // Array key could be integer or string, it can fit into a 64-bit (but not 32-bit) integer.

array(1) {
    [2147483647]=>
    string(1) "b"
}

array(1) {
    ["2147483647"]=>
    string(1) "b"
}

function is_indexed_array(&$arr) {
  for (reset($arr); is_int(key($arr)); next($arr));
  return is_null(key($arr));
}

function is_sequential_array(&$arr, $base = 0) {
  for (reset($arr), $base = (int) $base; key($arr) === $base++; next($arr));
  return is_null(key($arr));
}

function is_asso($a){
    foreach(array_keys($a) as $key) {if (!is_int($key)) return TRUE;}
    return FALSE;
}

for i in 0 to len(your_array):
    if not defined(your-array[i]):
        # this is not an array array, it's an associative array :)

function is_associative ( $a )
{
    return in_array(false, array_map('is_numeric', array_keys($a)));
}

assert( true === is_associative(array(1, 2, 3, 4)) );

assert( false === is_associative(array('foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'baz')) );

assert( false === is_associative(array(1, 2, 3, 'foo' => 'bar')) );

$a = array( 1, 2, 3, 4 );

unset($a[1]);

assert( true === is_associative($a) );

<?php

function is_list($array) {
    return array_keys($array) === range(0, count($array) - 1);
}

function is_assoc($array) {
    return count(array_filter(array_keys($array), 'is_string')) == count($array);
}

?>

function array_has_numeric_keys_only(array $array)
{
    try {
        SplFixedArray::fromArray($array, true);
    } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

$arrays = Array(
  'Array #1' => Array(1, 2, 3, 54, 23, 212, 123, 1, 1),
  'Array #2' => Array("Stack", 1.5, 20, Array(3.4)),
  'Array #3' => Array(1 => 4, 2 => 2),
  'Array #4' => Array(3.0, "2", 3000, "Stack", 5 => "4"),
  'Array #5' => Array("3" => 4, "2" => 2),
  'Array #6' => Array("0" => "One", 1.0 => "Two", 2 => "Three"),
  'Array #7' => Array(3 => "asdf", 4 => "asdf"),
  'Array #8' => Array("apple" => 1, "orange" => 2),
);

function is_indexed_array_1(Array &$arr) {
  return $arr === array_values($arr);
}

function is_indexed_array_2(Array &$arr) {
  for (reset($arr), $i = 0; key($arr) === $i++; next($arr))
    ;
  return is_null(key($arr));
}

// Method #1
$start = microtime(true);
for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
  foreach ($arrays as $array) {
    $dummy = is_indexed_array_1($array);
  }
}
$end = microtime(true);
echo "Time taken with method #1 = ".round(($end-$start)*1000.0,3)."msn";

// Method #2
$start = microtime(true);
for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
  foreach ($arrays as $array) {
    $dummy = is_indexed_array_2($array);
  }
}
$end = microtime(true);
echo "Time taken with method #1 = ".round(($end-$start)*1000.0,3)."msn";

function is_associative($arr) {
  return (array_merge($arr) !== $arr || !is_numeric(implode(array_keys($arr))));
}

function isHash($array) {
    if (!is_array($array)) return false;
    $diff = array_diff_assoc($array, array_values($array));
    return (empty($diff)) ? false : true;
}

$n =count($arr);
for($i=0,$i<$n;$i++)

count() = 7 , max = 5, min=-1



if( 7 == (5-(-1)+1 ) // true
    return false; // array not associative


/**
 * isAssoc Checks if an array is associative
 * @param $arr reference to the array to be checked
 * @return bool
 */
function IsAssoc(&$arr){
    $keys= array_keys($arr);
    foreach($keys as $key){
        if (!is_integer($key))
            return true;
    }
    // if all keys are integer then check if they are indexed
    if(count($arr) == (max($keys)-min($keys)+1))
        return false;
    else
        return true;
}

function is_array_assoc($foo) {
    if (is_array($foo)) {
        return (count(array_filter(array_keys($foo), 'is_string')) > 0);
    }
    return false;
}

isset($myArray[count($myArray) - 1])

$myArray = array("1" => "apple", "b" => "banana");

function arrayIsAssociative($myArray) {
    foreach (array_keys($myArray) as $ind => $key) {
        if (!is_numeric($key) || (isset($myArray[$ind + 1]) && $myArray[$ind + 1] != $key + 1)) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}
// this will only return true if all the keys are numeric AND sequential, which
// is what you get when you define an array like this:
// array("a", "b", "c", "d", "e");

function arrayIsAssociative($myArray) {
    $l = count($myArray);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $l, ++$i) {
        if (!isset($myArray[$i])) return true;
    }
    return false;
}
// this will return a false positive on an array like this:
$x = array(1 => "b", 0 => "a", 2 => "c", 4 => "e", 3 => "d");

public static function isArrayAssociative(array $array) {
    reset($array);
    $k = key($array);
    return !(is_int($k) || is_long($k));
  }

<?php
//$a is a subset of $b
function isSubset($a, $b)
{
    foreach($a =>$v)
        if(array_search($v, $b) === false)
            return false;

    return true;

    //less effecient, clearer implementation. (uses === for comparison)
    //return array_intersect($a, $b) === $a;
}

function isAssoc($arr)
{
    return !isSubset(array_keys($arr), range(0, count($arr) - 1));
}

var_dump(isAssoc(array('a', 'b', 'c'))); // false
var_dump(isAssoc(array(1 => 'a', 0 => 'b', 2 => 'c'))); // false
var_dump(isAssoc(array("0" => 'a', "1" => 'b', "2" => 'c'))); // false
//(use === in isSubset to get 'true' for above statement)
var_dump(isAssoc(array("a" => 'a', "b" => 'b', "c" => 'c'))); // true
?>

function isAssoc($arr = NULL)
{
    if ($arr && is_array($arr))
    {
        foreach ($arr as $key => $val)
        {
            if (is_numeric($key)) { return true; }

            break;
        }
    }

    return false;
}

function Is_Indexed_Arr($arr){
    $arr_copy = $arr;
    if((2*count($arr)) == count(array_merge($arr, $arr_copy))){
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

<?php
function is_assoc($arr) { return (array_values($arr) !== $arr); }
?>

private function is_hash($array) {
    foreach($array as $key => $value) {
        return ! is_int($key);
    }
    return false;
}

array_keys(array(
       "abc" => "gfb",
       "bdc" => "dbc"
       )
);

array(
       0 => "abc",
       1 => "bdc"
)

/**
 * Checks if an array is associative by utilizing REGEX against the keys
 * @param   $arr    <array> Reference to the array to be checked
 * @return  boolean
 */
private function    isAssociativeArray( &$arr ) {
    return  (bool)( preg_match( '/D/', implode( array_keys( $arr ) ) ) );
}

return  array(
    "GetInventorySummary"  => array(
        "Filters"  => array(
            "Filter"  => array(
                array(
                    "FilterType"  => "Shape",
                    "FilterValue"  => "W",
                ),
                array(
                    "FilterType"  => "Dimensions",
                    "FilterValue"  => "8 x 10",
                ),
                array(
                    "FilterType"  => "Grade",
                    "FilterValue"  => "A992",
                ),
            ),
        ),
        "SummaryField"  => "Length",
    ),
);

return  array(
    "GetInventorySummary"  => array(
        "Filters"  => array(
            "Filter"  => array(
                "foo"   =>  "bar",
                "bar"   =>  "foo",
            ),
        ),
        "SummaryField"  => "Length",
    ),
);

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<GetInventorySummary>
    <Filters>
        <Filter>
            <FilterType>Shape</FilterType>
            <FilterValue>W</FilterValue>
        </Filter>
        <Filter>
            <FilterType>Dimensions</FilterType>
            <FilterValue>8 x 10</FilterValue>
        </Filter>
        <Filter>
            <FilterType>Grade</FilterType>
             <FilterValue>A992</FilterValue>
        </Filter>
    </Filters>
    <SummaryField>Length</SummaryField>
</GetInventorySummary>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<GetInventorySummary>
    <Filters>
        <Filter>
            <foo>bar</foo>
            <bar>foo</bar>
        </Filter>
    </Filters>
    <SummaryField>Length</SummaryField>
</GetInventorySummary>

function array_isassociative($array)
{
    // Create new Array,  Make it the same size as the input array
    $compareArray = array_pad(array(), count($array), 0);

    // Compare the two array_keys
    return (count(array_diff_key($array, $compareArray))) ? true : false;

}

<?php
/**
 * Since PHP stores all arrays as associative internally, there is no proper
 * definition of a scalar array.
 *
 * As such, developers are likely to have varying definitions of scalar array,
 * based on their application needs.
 *
 * In this file, I present 3 increasingly strict methods of determining if an
 * array is scalar.
 *
 * @author David Farrell <DavidPFarrell@gmail.com>
 */

/**
 * isArrayWithOnlyIntKeys defines a scalar array as containing
 * only integer keys.
 *
 * If you are explicitly setting integer keys on an array, you
 * may need this function to determine scalar-ness.
 *
 * @param array $a
 * @return boolean
 */
function isArrayWithOnlyIntKeys(array $a)
{
    if (!is_array($a))
        return false;
    foreach ($a as $k => $v)
        if (!is_int($k))
            return false;
    return true;
}

/**
 * isArrayWithOnlyAscendingIntKeys defines a scalar array as
 * containing only integer keys in ascending (but not necessarily
 * sequential) order.
 *
 * If you are performing pushes, pops, and unsets on your array,
 * you may need this function to determine scalar-ness.
 *
 * @param array $a
 * @return boolean
 */
function isArrayWithOnlyAscendingIntKeys(array $a)
{
    if (!is_array($a))
        return false;
    $prev = null;
    foreach ($a as $k => $v)
    {
        if (!is_int($k) || (null !== $prev && $k <= $prev))
            return false;
        $prev = $k;
    }
    return true;
}

/**
 * isArrayWithOnlyZeroBasedSequentialIntKeys defines a scalar array
 * as containing only integer keys in sequential, ascending order,
 * starting from 0.
 *
 * If you are only performing operations on your array that are
 * guaranteed to either maintain consistent key values, or that
 * re-base the keys for consistency, then you can use this function.
 *
 * @param array $a
 * @return boolean
 */
function isArrayWithOnlyZeroBasedSequentialIntKeys(array $a)
{
    if (!is_array($a))
        return false;
    $i = 0;
    foreach ($a as $k => $v)
        if ($i++ !== $k)
            return false;
    return true;
}