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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points
Posted by catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points

Stuck in challenge 1 from PHP Arrays and Control Structures

Hi guys, I have problems with this exercise. I really don't understand what I have to do. Can you help with this one?

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array('Alena Holligan', 'Dave McFarland', 'Treasure Porth', 'Andrew Chalkley');

echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>$contacts[0]"." : alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>$contacts[1]"." : dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>$contacts[2]"." : treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>$contacts[3]"." : andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";
catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points
catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points

I also modified the $contacts array, but still did not get it right. The example above I took it from another example in the forum cause I don't understand what I need to do.

Thanks for help

4 Answers

catalin moraru
catalin moraru
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catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points

Well, saw the answer on another post in the forum. I could not understand the exercise and what I had to do.

But:

  1. Change the first array, create an array for each person with 2 keys: name and email
  2. Change the name and email from the list with values from arrays.
Anne Donald
Anne Donald
9,847 Points
Anne Donald
Anne Donald
9,847 Points

Can anybody please tell me where I'm going wrong? I thought I had it covered but this comes up with the error message:

Bummer! I do not see the required output. You should not be modifying the output at this point.

Thanks in advance

<?php
//edit this array
//$contacts = array('Alena Holligan', 'Dave McFarland', 'Treasure Porth', 'Andrew Chalkley');

$contacts [] = [
  'name' => 'Alena Holligan',
  'email' => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com',
];

$contacts [] = [
  'name' => 'Dave McFarland',
  'email' => 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com',
];

$contacts [] = [
  'name' => 'Treasure Porth',
  'email' => 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com',
];

$contacts [] = [
  '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";

?>
catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points
catalin moraru
catalin moraru
8,813 Points

Hi Anne,

I think the second part is wrong: echo "<li>".$contacts[0]['name'].": ".$contacts[0]['email']."</li>\n";

Anne Donald
Anne Donald
9,847 Points
Anne Donald
Anne Donald
9,847 Points

Thanks Catalin. I think this was the spacing, it worked with:

echo "<li>" . $contacts[0]['name'] . " : " . $contacts[0]['email'] . "</li>\n"