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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Listing Inventory Items Creating the Products Array

Posted by Marcus Burkhart
Marcus Burkhart
3,169 Points

PHP Syntax Error

Here is the error I get: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$products' (T_VARIABLE) on line 4

<?php 

$products = array()
$products[101] = "Logo Shirt, Red";
$products[102] = "Mike the Frog shirt, Black";
$products[103] = "Mike the Frog shirt, Blue";
$products[104] = "Logo Shirt, Green";

?>

<?php 
$pageTitle = "Mikes Full Catalog of Shirts";
$section = "shirts";
include('inc/header.php'); ?>

<div class="section page">

    <div class="wrapper">

        <h1>Mike&rsquo;s Full Catalog of Shirts</h1>

        <ul>
            <?php foreach($products as $product) { ?>
            <li><?php echo $product; ?></li>
            <?php } ?>

        </ul>

    </div>

</div>

<?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>
Marcus Burkhart
Marcus Burkhart
3,169 Points

What am I doing wrong because this looks right ...?

2 Answers

Yorick Toma
Yorick Toma
742 Points

You should close the first line ^^

Dont forget your ;

<?php
$products = array();
Marcus Burkhart
Marcus Burkhart
3,169 Points

Thanks... I thought it should possibly have been left open so we could add items to it. Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention.

Yorick Toma
Yorick Toma
742 Points

We are at PHP 5 these days, so you can also use

<?php

$products = [];
Tong Vang
Tong Vang
9,926 Points
Tong Vang
Tong Vang
9,926 Points

$products = array();