$items = array();
$items[] = array('one', 'two');
$items[] = array('three', 'four');
$items[] = array('five', 'six');
Using the [] syntax acts like a push but does not incur the overhead of a function call, see the PHP doc.
You can access $items[0], $items[1], etc...
echo $items[0][1]; // prints two
The array would look like:
[ ['one', 'two'], ['three', 'four'], ['five', 'six'] ]
If for some reason, you want to use associative keys you could do this:
$items = array();
$items['item-one'] = array('one', 'two');
$items['item-two'] = array('three', 'four');
$items['item-three'] = array('five', 'six');
Then the array would look like this:
[ 'item-one' => ['one', 'two'], 'item-two' => ['three', 'four'], 'item-three' => ['five', 'six'] ]
If I wanted to print three, then I'd do this:
echo $items['item-two'][0]; // prints three