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

Maxwell Kendall
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Maxwell Kendall
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Maxwell Kendall
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,102 Points

No idea.................... PHP Basics, loops

I cant figure out how to create a for each loop to go through this array.

I have watched the video multiple times and just cant connect the dots smh.

Thanks for your help

index.php 
<?php 
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');

foreach($names);

?>
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery
23,242 Points
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery
23,242 Points

The structure of a foreach loop looks like this:

foreach ($names as $value) { statement; }

$names is the array you want to loop through. 'as' must be included in a foreach loop. and $value is given the value of each item in the array as it is looped through - this can be any valid variable name.
The statement is what you want it to do as it loops through the array.

to complete the challenge your final code would look like this: <?php

foreach ($names as $value) { echo $value; }

?>

4 Answers

Niall Maher
Niall Maher
16,985 Points
Niall Maher
Niall Maher
16,985 Points

Take at my code below and try to understand it like a normal loop where $i in your normal loop would be your counter. You are using a throwaway variable here act as the name each time it loops through going to the next. so "foreach" item in the array you need to loop through once moving up an index at a time. This is very useful because it automatically ends when it reaches the end of the array.

<?php 
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');

foreach ($names as $i){
  echo $i;
}
?>
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Edited from comment to answer.

Andrew Breslin
Andrew Breslin
10,177 Points
Andrew Breslin
Andrew Breslin
10,177 Points

Hi.

Try:

<?php $names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');

foreach($names as $name)

{ echo $name; }

?>

You need to create a variable that will take the value of individual element of the array as it loops through, so I've used $name

it goes through each element in the array $names and assigns it in turn to the variable $name.

Hope this helps! :)

Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

The formula is 

<?php
foreach ($array_name as $variable_name) {
  //code here
  echo $variable_name;
}

So you need (ignoring the array)

<?php
foreach ($names as $name) {
  //whatever the challenge says to do
}