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

FERNANDO JIMENEZ
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FERNANDO JIMENEZ
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how is <?php $movie[] = array(); $movie[] = ["title" => "The Empire Strikes Back"]; ?> Not assign a value

How is this not assignig a value to "title"? <?php

$movie[] = array();

$movie[] = ["title" => "The Empire Strikes Back"]; ?>

index.php 
<?php

$movie[] = array();

$movie[] = ["title" => "The Empire Strikes Back"];
?>
<h1>Back to the Future (1985)</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>

4 Answers

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
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Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points

Try doing it like this:

<?php

$movie[] = array();

$movie['title'] = "The Empire Strikes Back";

?>

Hope that helps.

FERNANDO JIMENEZ
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FERNANDO JIMENEZ
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FERNANDO JIMENEZ
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Ohhh, I see, So if you are doing multiple keys you use the syntax liked used in the video? like for example:

$movie[] = array(); $movie[] = [ "title" => "The Empire Strikes Back", "img" => "img/media/design_patterns.jpg", "genre" => "Tech", "format" => "Paperback", "year" => 1994, "category" => "Books"];

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points

That's right, you can assign multiple key, value pairs with that kinda syntax:

$array = [
    "foo" => "bar",
    "bar" => "foo",
];
?>