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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Kelvin Ribeiro
Kelvin Ribeiro
2,814 Points
Posted by Kelvin Ribeiro
Kelvin Ribeiro
2,814 Points

Help with Multidimensional Array

According to the work preview this code should be working just fine, but i still get "bummers" anyone knows whats wrong with this code?

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"];


//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<ul>\n";
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";
?>
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

Almost-

Each of the list items should have a colon : in the middle surrounded by spaces. Currently you just have a single space.

Also, I think it will squawk because of the space you have between each of the contact array keys. I'm kind of surprised that outputs the way it does but it should be:

<?php
$contacts[0]["name"]
Kossivi Selom Afeli
Kossivi Selom Afeli
15,418 Points
Kossivi Selom Afeli
Kossivi Selom Afeli
15,418 Points

Hello ,

1st the issue was the space between the outer and inner indexes. normally it works with the space. 2nd **the colon between name and email.

<?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"];

//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<ul>\n";
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";