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Craig Kempster
3,929 PointsBummer! syntax error, unexpected ')' in index.php on line 4
No idea why this error is coming up
<?php
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');
foreach ($names) {
echo $names;
}
?>
1 Answer
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 PointsIt's complaining about the close-paren on the foreach line because the foreach statement is looking for as $var inside the paren. When it sees you close the paren before providing a var name to be used to reference the list item inside the loop, it throws an error :)
i.e. this is the correct way to write foreach loops (notice the as $name inside the paren)
<?php
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');
foreach ($names as $name) {
echo $name;
}
?>
See also: http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php