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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Associative Arrays

Posted by Nathan Tarter
Nathan Tarter
4,099 Points

How do I echo a specific item in an associative array in the body of my html? I think I'm struggling with syntax.

If anyone

index.php 
<?php $movie = [];
$movie[title] = "The Empire Strikes Back";
?>
<h1><?php echo $movie["The Empire Strikes Back"];?></h1>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Director</th>
    <td>Robert Zemeckis</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>IMDB Rating</th>
    <td>8.5</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>IMDB Ranking</th>
    <td>53</td>
  </tr>
</table>

2 Answers

Andrey Chernykh
PLUS
Andrey Chernykh
Courses Plus Student 2,552 Points
Andrey Chernykh
Andrey Chernykh
Courses Plus Student 2,552 Points

Hello

In array movie you create new element with key 'title' and value 'The Empire Strikes Back'

Than you should call this key to show its value

Example below

<?php
$movie = [];
$movie['title'] = "The Empire Strikes Back";
echo $movie['title'];
?>
Nathan Tarter
Nathan Tarter
4,099 Points
Nathan Tarter
Nathan Tarter
4,099 Points

Thanks! I thought it was a simple matter as such. 'preciate it.