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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Conditionals & Loops PHP Loops Challenge

Shilpa Kothari
Shilpa Kothari
4,518 Points
Posted by Shilpa Kothari
Shilpa Kothari
4,518 Points

How to echo each name to the screen.

<?php $names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob'); foreach ($names as $name) { echo "$name <br>"; }

It says to echo each name to screen. I have no idea how to do it.

Thanks

index.php 
<?php 
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');
foreach ($names as $name)
    {
    echo "$name <br>";
}

?>
ole haugset
ole haugset
Courses Plus Student 3,892 Points
ole haugset
ole haugset
Courses Plus Student 3,892 Points 
foreach( $names AS $name ){
 echo $name; 
}

That should do the trick for you. The " is only necessary when you are echoing a string. In this case you are echoing a variable. Also, the BR-tag is not necessary to complete this task as it is not defined in the challenge.

However, if you are going to use variables inside a string when echoing, the correct syntax would be:

echo "{$name} <br />";

The {} lets PHP explicitly know to treat the content as a variable or object, and not as text in a string. You can do it the way you did aswell, but it will not work later on when you start to work with objects.

Hope this helps.

1 Answer

Ruben Carrizales
Ruben Carrizales
8,445 Points
Ruben Carrizales
Ruben Carrizales
8,445 Points

inside of quotes marks add the break tag