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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Associative Arrays

Adding elements to arrays , the method shown is not applicable

why is it that at times, we are shown a method by our treehouse instructors that is not accepted by the quiz? This costs us valuable time we dont have... >:(

index.php
<?php
  $movie = [];
  $movie[] = [
    "title" => "The Empire Strikes Back"
                ];
     ?>

<h1>Back to the Future (1985)</h1>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Director</th>
    <td>Robert Zemeckis</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>IMDB Rating</th>
    <td>8.5</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>IMDB Ranking</th>
    <td>53</td>
  </tr>
</table>

2 Answers

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12,382 Points

Hi Brian,

It does actually work. You should add the elements to the same array, like this:

<?php
  $movie = ["title" => "The Empire Strikes Back"];
?>

Good luck. :)

thank you very much