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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Barak TheProgrammer
Barak TheProgrammer
1,773 Points
Posted by Barak TheProgrammer
Barak TheProgrammer
1,773 Points

can someone help me with the syntax accuary please? thats freaking out

can someone help me with the syntax accuary please? thats freaking out

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>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

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Barak,

To put it simply, you'll need to create a contacts array, that holds an individual array for each contact. We're setting it up as a multidimensional array because each contact will have a key and value pair other than name. Email will most likely be later added as another key/value pair for each contact.

You can set it up like this:

<?php
$contacts = array(
  array(
    'name' => 'Alena Holligan'
  ), 
  array(
    'name' => 'Dave McFarland'
  ),
  array(
    'name' => 'Treasure Porth'
  ), 
  array(
    'name' => 'Andrew Chalkley'
  ),
);
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Barak,

I just pasted the exact code I posted above and the challenge passes.

Your program should look like this:

<?php
$contacts = array(
  array(
    'name' => 'Alena Holligan'
  ), 
  array(
    'name' => 'Dave McFarland'
  ),
  array(
    'name' => 'Treasure Porth'
  ), 
  array(
    'name' => '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";