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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

coskun olcucu
coskun olcucu
5,340 Points
Posted by coskun olcucu
coskun olcucu
5,340 Points

Multidimensional array

I try to do first task on multidimensional array but i get error message. can anyone tell me what is wrong?

$contacts=array(array( 'name'=>'Alena Holligan', 'email'=>'test1@gmail.com' ),

            array('name'=>'Dave McFarland',
                 'email'=>'test2@gmail.com'),
            array( 'name'=>'Treasure Porth',
                   'email'=>''),
            array('name'=>'Andrew Chalkey',
                 'email'=>''),
      );
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";

$contacts=array(array(  'name'=>'Alena Holligan',
                         'email'=>'test1@gmail.com'  ),


                array('name'=>'Dave McFarland',
                     'email'=>'test2@gmail.com'),
                array( 'name'=>'Treasure Porth',
                       'email'=>''),
                array('name'=>'Andrew Chalkey',
                     'email'=>''),
          );

echo $contacts[0][ 'name'] ."\n";

echo $contacts[0]['email']."\n";

    ?>
Patricio Di Muzio
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Patricio Di Muzio
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 22,008 Points

Try this:

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

3 Answers

Joe Schultz
Joe Schultz
6,191 Points
Joe Schultz
Joe Schultz
6,191 Points

On the first task leave off the email addresses, and go with Patricio Di Muzio's comment. You will add the email addresses in the second task.

coskun olcucu
coskun olcucu
5,340 Points
coskun olcucu
coskun olcucu
5,340 Points

Hi Guys, I have issues sending my questions to the forum. how to i fixed?