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PHP

Posted by Mister Moody
Mister Moody
48,333 Points

Extending Object Oriented PHP: Updating the Display

Whenever I use the switch {} statement on this line of code

echo '<div class="listing panel panel-default">' . PHP_EOL;

to update the display, all data-content for the categories is invisible (the outline of the site is visible). I wrote the statement same as the teacher:

echo '<div class="listing panel ';
  switch ($listing->getStatus()) {
    case 'premium':
      echo 'panel-info';
      break;
    case 'inactive':
      echo 'panel-danger';
      break;
    default: 
      echo 'panel-default';
  }
echo '">' . PHP_EOL;

```if (is_a($listing, 'ListingPremium') && !empty($listing->getDescription() { echo '<p>' . $listing->getDescription() . '</p>';

No fixes at this point => hoping that I have not overlooked something simple!

1 Answer

Niki Molnar
Niki Molnar
25,698 Points
Niki Molnar
Niki Molnar
25,698 Points

Hi Mister Moody

In this line, you may be missing a ) bracket after getDescription() and possibly a } bracket at the end:

if (is_a($listing, 'ListingPremium') && !empty($listing->getDescription() { echo '<p>' . $listing->getDescription() . '</p>';

Try the following (I've separated out the lines so you can see the ( ) and { } brackets easier):

if (
   is_a($listing, 'ListingPremium') && 
   !empty($listing->getDescription() 
) 
{ 
   echo '<p>' . $listing->getDescription() . '</p>'; 
}

Hope that helps!

Niki

Mister Moody
Mister Moody
48,333 Points

Personally, I find the simplest of oversights to be the most soul crushing aspects of this craft. ~Thank you. It looks spot on & will implement it soonest!

Update: You were right! Forgot to use two closing parenthesis's.

Thank you again.