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PHP Designing Interfaces in PHP Using Interfaces Testing for Interfaces

Posted by Mister Moody
Mister Moody
48,333 Points

Interface Implodes during Testing

Having troubles understanding how the entire site fell apart after I began testing interfaces. Once I updated the list.php, share.php, track.php, single.php files, details from the database.json file were omitted and the function that allowed single-items to expand no longer functioned as constructed.

I deleted all new code for this particular video, and everything worked fine. Because I included my own CSS I will review <html> tag placement to ascertain if that could be the culprit, but this is one of those 'f*#$' me moments where I have double-checked typos and rewatched the entire series only to realize that I'm in big trouble.

You can view a snapshot of the project for analysis.

Thank you in advance.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

Your snapshot is missing a colon after https

https://w.trhou.se/1n5y29pmxa

1 Answer

Ben Payne
Ben Payne
1,464 Points

Hey Mister Moody - Have a look at views/track.php line 3:

<?php echo $content-getAuthor(); ?>

Also, take a look at src\classes\jsonRepository line 23:

<?php
//
public function find($entity, $value, $field = 'id')
{/* LOOP through json File Items */
    foreach ($this->all($entity) as $key=>$data) {
        /* LOAD 'json' File */
        if ($data->field == $value) { // THIS LINE IS MISSING AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER ;)
            return array($data);
        }
    }
}

Hopefully that helps.

Cheers,

Ben

Mister Moody
Mister Moody
48,333 Points

Thank you for your assistance Ben. That single omission of the > character was indeed the culprit, and all systems are functioning as intended! I have different working copies for this project; one using the teachers CSS and one where I am implementing my own styles that incorporates a grid layout and it is causing me some fuss, but all is good in my world for the weekend thanks to your help!