formatting issues

Question

im not sure how the formatting is needed to be done on the second question this is my code

<?php foreach($books as $isbn => $book) { ?> <li><p><?php echo $book;?> (<?php echo $isbn;?>)</p></li>

    <?php } ?>

it displays as it suggests when i hit recheck but it still tells me that i am wrong

Answer 1 · 2014-07-12T06:37:46Z

July 12, 2014 6:37am

Hi Duncan,

It's hard to make out the formatting when the html tags have been stripped out.

Here's some tips on how to post code in the forums: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

The book and isbn are wrapped in an li. Make sure you don't have a space before the book name or a space after the closing ) on the isbn.

<li><?php echo $book;?> (<?php echo $isbn;?>)</li>

Answer 2 · 2014-07-11T23:51:14Z

July 11, 2014 11:51pm

Curly Brackets are control characters inside of PHP code blocks. Below, the curly brackets define the function code block. Where curly brackets start and end INSIDE of PHP code is very very important.

<?php

function frogger() {

}
?>

Outside of PHP code areas, the curly brackets are just any other character. How many you use and in what order doesn't matter except in terms of visual output.

<?php echo "some text"; ?>
} } { { { some more text }}}

<?php echo "final text": ?>

You can also do something like this

<?php

$books = array(

'xxxx' => 'my title'

);

foreach($books as $isbn => $book) { ?>

  <?php echo $book; ?>


<?php

}

?>

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