CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

create multidimensional array with foreach javascript

$levels = array('low', 'medium', 'high');
$attributes = array('fat', 'quantity', 'ratio', 'label');

foreach ($levels as $key => $level):
       foreach ($attributes as $k =>$attribute):
             $variables[$level][] = $attribute . '_' . $level; // changed $variables[] to $variables[$level][]
       endforeach;
endforeach;

echo '<pre>' . print_r($levels,1) . '</pre>';   
echo '<pre>' . print_r($variables,1) . '</pre>';