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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

frogger55
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frogger55
Courses Plus Student 398 Points

why doesn't this work for the answer?

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

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

Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points

Hi frogger55. I will admit, even as a seasoned PHP developer, this question was confusing.

For the first step, the task asks that you create an array of ASSOCIATIVE arrays. Each associative array should only have one key (name) and one value for that key (the actual contact name). So a single associative array would look something like this:

['name' => 'John Smith']

Now you just need an array of those associative arrays.