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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Associative Arrays

Scott Dredge
Scott Dredge
2,110 Points
Posted by Scott Dredge
Scott Dredge
2,110 Points

Array item not displaying when code looks normal.

Code looks normal, should be displaying, though saying an array item can not be seen.

index.php 
<?php
  $movie = [
    "title" => "The Empire Strikes Back",
    "year" => "1980",
    "director" => "Irvin Kershner",
    "imdb_rating" => "8.8",
    "imdb_ranking" => "11"
  ];
?>

<h1><?php echo $movie["title"]." ". $movie["year"]; ?></h1>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Director</th>
    <td><?php $movie["director"]; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>IMDB Rating</th>
    <td><?php $movie["imdb_rating"]; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>IMDB Ranking</th>
    <td><?php $movie["imdb_ranking"]; ?></td>
  </tr>
</table>

2 Answers

aziztovbaev
aziztovbaev
23,252 Points
  1. There are two options of array declaration in PHP 1. array() and 2. [], it may not be the problem in your case.
  2. Array values can be of different types in PHP, so you can go ahead and put "imdb_rating" => 8.8(float) and "imdb_ranking => 11(integer) , I think you get it :)
  3. Did you forget to replace <th> tag words??? <?php echo $movie[2]; ?> <?php echo $movie[3]; ?> <?php echo $movie[4]; ?>. Automatic indexing of the associative array keys. Also you could manipulate the string contents using some string built-in functions. See php.net.
Daniel Jenkins
Daniel Jenkins
17,714 Points
Daniel Jenkins
Daniel Jenkins
17,714 Points

You're missing echo statements in the table cells, otherwise worked fine.

Scott Dredge
Scott Dredge
2,110 Points
Scott Dredge
Scott Dredge
2,110 Points

Well that would explain it, so simple, it was late and coding in the dark is not good your you. Thanks you for pointing out the obvious guys, its appreciated. lol.