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Posted by Ben Quartermaine
Ben Quartermaine
14,966 Points

Array Problems

When I refresh the page displaying the products, I get the following error message on my list items:

Notice: Array to string conversion in C:\xampp\htdocs\trousers.php on line 58 Array

The line of code it is referring to is this:

            <ul>
                <?php foreach ($products as $product) { ?>
                <li><?php echo $product; ?></li>
                <?php } ?>
            </ul>

with line 58 being the li. Any ideas?

2 Answers

Ben Quartermaine
Ben Quartermaine
14,966 Points
Ben Quartermaine
Ben Quartermaine
14,966 Points

Here is the full page of code:

<?php

$products = array();
$products[101] = array(
    "name" => "Blue Chequered Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/blue-chequered-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 40
);
$products[102] = array(
    "name" => "Grey Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/grey-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 45
);
$products[103] = array(
    "name" => "Red trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/red-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 35
);
$products[104] = array(
    "name" => "Yellow Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/yellow-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 30
);
$products[105] = array(
    "name" => "Green Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/green-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 37
);
$products[106] = array(
    "name" => "Brown Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/brown-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 39
);
$products[107] = array(
    "name" => "Pink-Chequered Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/pink-chequered-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 42
);
$products[108] = array(
    "name" => "Yellow-Striped Trousers",
    "img" => "img/trousers/yellow-striped-trousers.jpg",
    "price" => 43
);

?><?php 
$pageTitle = "Trousers";
$section = "trousers";
include('inc/header.php'); ?>

    <div class="content">

        <div class="content-container">

            <h1>TROUSERS</h1>

            <ul>
                <?php foreach ($products as $product) { ?>
                <li><?php echo $product; ?></li>
                <?php } ?>
            </ul>

        </div>

    </div>

<?php include ('inc/footer.php'); ?>
Matthew Reed
PLUS
Matthew Reed
Courses Plus Student 17,986 Points
Matthew Reed
Matthew Reed
Courses Plus Student 17,986 Points

Each "$product" element is another array. To access the strings inside that array you can do <?php echo $product['name']; ?> for example to access the names.