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STeven Walgenbach
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,860 Pointsprinting from multidimensional arrays php
I am trying to echo the keys from the multidimensional array but have no idea what I am doing wrong. Please help anyone!
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array($Alena = array("name" => "Alena Holligan", "email" => "alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com"),
$Dave = array("name" => "Dave McFarland", "email" => "dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com") ,
$Treasure = array("name" => "Treasure Porth", "email" => "treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com"),
$Andrew = array("name" => "Andrew Chalkley", "email" => "andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com"));
echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>$contacts[$Alena]['name']".":". "$contacts[$Alena]['email']</li>\n";
echo "<li>$contacts[$Dave]['name']". ":" . "$contacts[$Dave]['email']</li>\n";
echo "<li>$contacts[$Treasure]['name']". ":" . "$contacts[$Treasure]['email']</li>\n";
echo "<li>$contacts[$Andrew]['name']" .":". "$contacts[$Andrew]['email']</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";
3 Answers
Carl Whedbee
18,577 PointsThe concatenation is a problem. There are quotes around your variables. The quotes should not surround your PHP variables, but only the HTML elements.
Jacob Herrington
15,835 PointsI'm not sure this is passing code, but this is how I got the desired output. Check out how I'm referring to each element in the array, it's a little different from what you've done.
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";
STeven Walgenbach
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,860 PointsI changed the the code to echo the array elements. I tried a new way and your way, but now it says that task one is no longer passing.
<?php //edit this array $contacts = array("Alena" = array('name'=>'Alena Holligan', 'email'=>'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com'), "Dave" = array('name'=> 'Dave McFarland', 'email'=>'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com'), "Treasure" = array('name'=>'Treasure Porth', 'email'=>'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com'), "Andrew" = array('name'=>'Andrew Chalkley', 'email'=>'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com') );
echo "<ul>\n"; echo"<li>{$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";
Gokul Prasad
5,690 Points<?php //edit this array $contacts [] = ['name' => 'Alena Holligan', 'email' => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com', ]; $contacts [] = ['name' => 'Dave McFarland', 'email' => 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com',]; $contacts [] = ['name' => 'Treasure Porth', 'email' => 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com',]; $contacts [] = ['name' => 'Andrew Chalkley', 'email' => 'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com',];
echo "<ul>\n"; //$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";
?>