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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Displaying All Items

suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points
Posted by suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points

Syntax error - books list not displayed

The code as shown in video

  <ul class="items">
        <?php  
foreach($catalog as $item){
      echo "<li><a href='#'><img src='"
        . $item["img"] . "' alt='"
        . item["title"] . "'  />"
        . "<p>View details</p>" 
        . "</a></li>";
    }
        ?>
      </ul>

is giving a syntax error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';' in /home/treehouse/workspace/catalog.php on line 40

line 40 is . item["title"] . "' />"

suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points
suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points

code is not displayed properly here, but please help with foreach loop part

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,235 Points

edited for syntax highlighting. :)

4 Answers

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,235 Points

Sadly no -- my first (uninformed) thought is that you're missing the '$' on the second item['title'], but I really don't know enough PHP to have anything constructive to say. :)

suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points
suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points

Thank you @Cena Mayo

any solution for error removal?

suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points
suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points

yes, I think that is the issue, thank you so much, I am also new to php

suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points
suyash patankar
suyash patankar
2,310 Points

It worked, you can close this discussion, thank you very much for your help @Cena Mayo