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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Posted by hemn bahadin
hemn bahadin
484 Points

dears >> help me out to solve it some how it's confusing to me and i can't find out the solution

help dears

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts[] = [

    'name' => 'Alena Holligan',
     'email' => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com',
     ];


$contacts[] = [

    'name' => 'Dave McFarland',
     'email' =>  'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com',

    ];


$contacts[] = [

      'name' => 'Treasure Porth',
        'email'  =>  'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com',
       ];



$contacts[] = [

      'name' => 'Andrew Chalkley',
        'email' =>  'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com',
      ];



echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>" . $contacts[0]['name'] . ":" . $contacts[0]['email']. "</li>\n";
echo "<li>"  . $contacts[1]['name'] .  ":" .$contacts[1]['email']."</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[2]['name'] . ":" . $contacts[2]['email']."</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[3]['name'] .  ":" . $contacts[3]['email']." </li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";
?>

1 Answer

Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points
Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points

What you want to do is create a multidimensional array containing associative arrays. Each associative array is an individual contact. 

<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array(
  array(
    "name"=>'Alena Holligan',
    "email"=>'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com'
  ),
  array(
    "name"=>'Dave McFarland',
    "email"=>'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com'
  ),
  array(
    "name"=>'Treasure Porth',
    "email"=>'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com'
  ),
  array(
    "name"=>'Andrew Chalkley',
    "email"=>'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com'
  )
);

echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>".$contacts[0]["name"]." : ".$contacts[0]["email"]."</li>\n";
echo "<li>".$contacts[1]["name"]." : ".$contacts[1]["email"]."</li>\n";
echo "<li>".$contacts[2]["name"]." : ".$contacts[2]["email"]."</li>\n";
echo "<li>".$contacts[3]["name"]." : ".$contacts[3]["email"]."</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";
?>