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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Aaron Gates
Aaron Gates
1,573 Points
Posted by Aaron Gates
Aaron Gates
1,573 Points

PHP Arrays and Control Structures coding callenge

as i get to the end of the challenge, step 3, I complete the following and then it tells me that Task 1 is no longer passing. However, when I preview the work, it comes out as expected. I don't understand. Anyone! Bueller? Bueller?

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";

1 Answer

ivana kantnerova
ivana kantnerova
14,218 Points
ivana kantnerova
ivana kantnerova
14,218 Points

you have to join variables and strings with help dots ... like joining strings

echo "<ul>\n"; 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";