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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Connecting WordPress Plugins with 3rd Party APIs Parsing JSON Code Challenge: Part 2

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

What is wrong? I am getting error 'you have not output first course'

Please let me know what is wrong in it, I have written code as per video.

plugin.php 
<?php

/*
  {
    "name": "Username",
    "profile_name": "profile_username",
    "profile_url": "http://myapi.net/profile_username"
    "courses": [
      { "name": "WordPress Plugin Development" },
      { "name": "WordPress Theme Development" },
      { "name": "Introduction to PHP" }
    ]
  }
*/

?>

<ul>
  <?php for( $i = 0; $i < count($my_plugin_profile->courses); $i++ ): ?>

     <?   echo $my_plugin_profile->{'courses'}[$i]->{'name'}; ?>


  <?php endfor; ?>
</ul>
velochicdunord
velochicdunord
4,816 Points
velochicdunord
velochicdunord
4,816 Points

FWIW, I'm having trouble with the same exercise.

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Suyash,

There are two problems with your answer. One of them is a PHP problem, the other is an HTML problem.

  1. You need to open your php block with <?php, not just <?
  2. You're just spitting out the names one after the other. You need to wrap each course name in <li></li> tags
solution.php 
<?php

/*
  {
    "name": "Username",
    "profile_name": "profile_username",
    "profile_url": "http://myapi.net/profile_username"
    "courses": [
      { "name": "WordPress Plugin Development" },
      { "name": "WordPress Theme Development" },
      { "name": "Introduction to PHP" }
    ]
  }
*/

?>

<ul>
  <?php for( $i = 0; $i < count($my_plugin_profile->courses); $i++ ): ?>
  <li>
    <?php echo $my_plugin_profile->{'courses'}[$i]->{'name'}; ?>
  </li>
  <?php endfor; ?>
</ul>