help please !!

<?
//First, the task for the above, does not have an array, but array of arrays, so when you go through the loop, for the first //time, from what have you put, your variable $key would hold the value of 0, as there is no specific, key assigned.

/*Considering this line below
$flavors[''] = array("name" => "Cookie Dough",  "in_stock" => true);*/

/*when the array runs for the first time
Considering your code, $key would hold 0*/

//$item, would hold an array("name" => "Cookie Dough", "in_stock" => true)

/*Had, the array looked like, below
$flavors['a'] = array("name" => "Cookie Dough", "in_stock" => true);*/

//The $key, would have ‘a’

//Going through your code, see my points
foreach($flavors as $key => $item){//$key would have 0, and the $item will hold an array
      if($key == 'name'){//this will be never met, cause the keys, are 0,1,2,3,4
        echo $key ." ". $item."\n" ;//this will throw an error, string combined with an array
      }print_r($key);echo"</br>";//if you have a local setup, run this line, you will get a broader picture.
    }
//if you do not have a local setup, run the below code in, http://phpfiddle.org/, paste your code in codespace tab, hit run, you would see the output
$flavors = array();
$flavors[] = array("name" => "Cookie Dough",      "in_stock" => true);
$flavors[] = array("name" => "Vanilla",           "in_stock" => false);
$flavors[] = array("name" => "Avocado Chocolate", "in_stock" => false);
$flavors[] = array("name" => "Bacon Me Crazy",    "in_stock" => true);
$flavors[] = array("name" => "Strawberry",        "in_stock" => false);

foreach($flavors as $key => $item){//$key would have 0, and the $item will hold an array
      if($key == 'name'){//this will be never met, cause the keys, are 0,1,2,3,4
       // echo $key ." ". $item."\n" ;//this will throw an error, string combined with an array
      }echo($key);echo "=====";print_r($item);echo"<br>";//if you have a local setup, run this line, you will get a broader picture.
    }
?>