How can PHP arrays be effectively utilized in Ajax requests for passing multiple data values?

When making Ajax requests, PHP arrays can be effectively utilized to pass multiple data values by encoding the array as JSON before sending it to the server. This allows for structured data to be sent and easily parsed on the server-side. By encoding the array as JSON, it can be decoded back into a PHP array for further processing.

// Assume we have an array of data values to be passed in an Ajax request
$data = array(
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'age' => 30,
    'email' => 'john.doe@example.com'
);

// Encode the array as JSON
$json_data = json_encode($data);

// Send the JSON data in the Ajax request
// Example using jQuery
$.ajax({
    url: 'process.php',
    type: 'POST',
    data: {data: json_data},
    success: function(response) {
        // Handle the response from the server
    }
});