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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Listing Inventory Items Associative Arrays

Posted by Marcin Lipski
Marcin Lipski
9,947 Points

Hey Can anyone find a problem with my code? For some reason preview mode doesnt work. Thanks

the preview doesnt work, so its is hard for me to see what is going on here. The hint message says, that html is wrong. Any suggestions?

movie.php 
<?php
$movie = array(
"title" => "The Empire Strikes Back",
"year"=> "1980",
"director"=>"Irvin Kershner",
"imdb_rating"=>"8.8",
"imdb_ranking"=>"11",
 );
?>
<html>

  <body>
<h1><?php echo $movie ["title"]; ?> (<?php echo $movie ["year"];?>)</h1>

<table>
<tr>
<th>Director</th>
<td><?php echo $movie ["director"];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>IMDB Rating</th>
<td><?php echo $movie ["imdb_rating"];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>IMDB Ranking</th>
  <td><?php echo $movie ["imdb_ranking"];?></td>
</tr>
  </table>
  </body>
</html>
hardieboeve
hardieboeve
27,069 Points

You miss the doctype and head declaration in your html, for example:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html>
       <head lang="en">
       <meta charset="UTF-8">
       <title></title>
       <!-- stylesheets, js, etc -->
     </head>
     <body>
     <!-- content here -->
     </body>
   </html>

2 Answers

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Here's the working code:

<?php

$movie = [
  'title'         => 'The Empire Strikes Back',
  'year'          => '1980',
  'director'      => 'Irvin Kershner',
  'imdb_rating'   => '8.8',
  'imdb_ranking'  => 11,
];


?>
<h1><?php echo $movie['title'] ?> (<?php echo $movie['year'] ?>)</h1>

<table>
<tr>
<th>Director</th>
<td><?php echo $movie['director'] ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>IMDB Rating</th>
<td><?php echo $movie['imdb_rating'] ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>IMDB Ranking</th>
<td><?php echo $movie['imdb_ranking'] ?></td>
</tr>
</table>

A couple of VERY important things:

  • There should be no space between your variable and the opening square bracket. Use $variable['key'] instead of $variable ['key'].
  • Don't add additional mark up (unless asked!) to the code challenge - it sometimes looks for very specific output!

See how that goes :)

Marcin Lipski
Marcin Lipski
9,947 Points
Marcin Lipski
Marcin Lipski
9,947 Points

Thanks guys. Haven't tried it yet, but your answer clarifies a lot.