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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Adding Search: Controller & View Accounting for Empty Results

Kyle Damken
Kyle Damken
10,633 Points
Posted by Kyle Damken
Kyle Damken
10,633 Points

Why is this wrong

It says "Let's make sure that foreach loop executes correctly if the $recommendations array is NOT empty. Add one element to the $recommendations array with a value of 'Avocado Chocolate'."

I tested it on a my server and it works fine.

What's wrong here?

index.php 
<?php

    $recommendations = array('Avacado Chocolate');

?><html>
<body>

    <h1>Flavor Recommendations</h1>

  <?php if (!empty($recommendations)) { ?>
    <ul>
        <?php foreach($recommendations as $flavor) { ?>
            <li><?php echo $flavor; ?></li>
        <?php } ?>
    </ul>
  <?php } else {
      echo '<p> There are no flavor recommendations for you. </p>';
    }


  ?>

</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

Rather than having 

 <?php } else {
      echo '<p> There are no flavor recommendations for you. </p>';
    }


  ?>

try 

<?php } else { ?>

   <p> There are no flavor recommendations for you. </p>

<?php } ?>

What you wrote is fine it's just it can be funny since it wants you to break up the if and else statements

Kyle Damken
Kyle Damken
10,633 Points
Kyle Damken
Kyle Damken
10,633 Points

Awesome! It worked, thanks man. It's such a pain when it can be that finicky.

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

No worries mate haha welcome to the world of PHP