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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points
Posted by Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points

PHP array code appears correct in output but is not passing 3rd challenge

I keep bumping my head on this one. Can anybody help me here. The output appears to be correct but I cannot pass the quiz.

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array('Alena Holligan', 'Dave McFarland', 'Treasure Porth', 'Andrew Chalkley');
$contacts = array(
  array ( 'name' => 'Alena Holligan' , 'email' => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com' ),
  array ( 'name' => 'Dave McFarland' , 'email' => 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com'),
  array ( 'name' => 'Treasure Porth' , 'email' => 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com'),
  array ( 'name' => 'Andrew Chalkley' , 'email' => 'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com'),
  );

echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>" . $contacts[0]["name"] . " : " . $contacts [0]["email"] . "</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[1]["name"] . " : " . $contacts [1]["email"] . "</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[2]["name"] . " : " . $contacts [2]["email"] . "</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[3]["name"] . " : " . $contacts [3]["email"] . "</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";

2 Answers

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi Eric,

Richard is partially correct.

The other part is the final code for the bottom needs to be. There are multiple ways to do this and I am unsure why they use a comma (I think it maybe a typo).

<?php
echo "<li>" . $contacts[0]['name'], ' : ' . $contacts[0]['email'] . "</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[1]['name'], ' : ' . $contacts[1]['email'] . "</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[2]['name'], ' : ' . $contacts[2]['email'] . "</li>\n";
echo "<li>" . $contacts[3]['name'], ' : ' . $contacts[3]['email'] . "</li>\n";
?>
Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points
Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points

thanks, that did it

Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points
Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points

It might be that you have 2 "$contacts" arrays.