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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Posted by Bryan Haire
Bryan Haire
2,971 Points

what format?

can someone show me the right format?

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

$name = array(
  'Alena Holligan'
);

$name = array(
  'Dave McFarland'
);

$name = array(
  'Treasure Porth'
);

$name = array(
  'Andrew Chalkley'
);

echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>Alena Holligan : alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>Dave McFarland : dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>Treasure Porth : treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>Andrew Chalkley : andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";

1 Answer

Kellie Etterman
Kellie Etterman
5,859 Points
Kellie Etterman
Kellie Etterman
5,859 Points

This one is a multi-dimensional array, where each person is their own associative array. Step 1 of the challenge would look something like this:

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

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

and so on and so forth. You will want to do this for each contact on the list.

I hope this makes sense! Let me know if you have any questions. :)