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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Posted by yassine elfarhi
yassine elfarhi
4,060 Points

I need help with echoing multidimensional arrays

I'm trying to echo the content of this multidimensional array , is there any one who can help me Thanks Yassine

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array(array('name' => 'Alena Holligan', 'email' => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com'), 
                  array('name' => 'Dave McFarland', 'email' => 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com'), 
                  array('name' => 'Treasure Porth', 'email' => 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com'),
                  array('name' => 'Andrew Chalkley', 'email' => 'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com'));

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

4 Answers

Kerri-Ann Bates
Kerri-Ann Bates
15,422 Points
Kerri-Ann Bates
Kerri-Ann Bates
15,422 Points

Oh I think I know why now. Your output has to be exactly the same as how it was originally when the content was hard coded. You have the colons like this ":" and you need a space on both sides of the colon like this

"<li>" .$contacts[3]["name"]. " : " .$contacts[3]["email"]. "</li>\n";
Kerri-Ann Bates
Kerri-Ann Bates
15,422 Points
Kerri-Ann Bates
Kerri-Ann Bates
15,422 Points

That looks correct to me. I don't see anything wrong with your code. What kind of error are you getting?

yassine elfarhi
yassine elfarhi
4,060 Points
yassine elfarhi
yassine elfarhi
4,060 Points

Hi, this is the error message I get when I run the code: "I do not see the required output. You should not be modifying the output at this point." Thanks

yassine elfarhi
yassine elfarhi
4,060 Points
yassine elfarhi
yassine elfarhi
4,060 Points

Oh OMG , I didn't pay attention about that ,( how much precise you must be if you want to be a programmer) Thank You So much for your help

Kerri-Ann Bates
Kerri-Ann Bates
15,422 Points

Lol yea the smallest details makes a big difference. That happens to me a lot. You're welcome!