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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Posted by uc
uc
4,309 Points

I'm in a trouble with the arrays!

I tried to do that but it says:

"Bummer! Each person in the contact list should have their own internal array. Use another "array()" for each person."

What did I do wrong? I'dont get it!

index.php 
<?php

//edit this array

$contacts = array(
 "name" => "Alena Holligan",
);

$contacts = array(
  "name" => "Dave McFarland",
);

$contacts = array(
  "name" => "Treasure Porth",
);

$sontacts = 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";

1 Answer

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Ufuk,

You have to put brackets after $contacts to indicate that it's an array and you're adding another element to it each time.

Example:

$contacts[] = array(
 "name" => "Alena Holligan",
);

Without the brackets, you're simply overwriting the $contacts variable with a new array each time.

Also, your 4th $contacts has a typo. $sontacts

uc
uc
4,309 Points

Ok I did it thanks :)