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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Listing Inventory Items Displaying All Products

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Posted by Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

Array to string conversation Notice

I get this error and am not sure why if someone could help

When I follow the tutorial I get an array to string conversion notice but Randy is able to display a list of arrays, I cant see anything wrong with my code so am not sure why this is happening ?

<?php

$products = array();
$products[101] = array(
        "Type" => "T-Shirt",
        "Brand" => "Nike",
        "Colour" => "Red",
        "img" => "<img src='img/nikeRed.jpg'>"
        );
$products[102] = array(
        "Type" => "T-Shirt",
        "Brand" => "Addidas", 
        "Colour" => "Blue",
        "img" => "<img src='img/addidasBlue.jpg'>"
        );
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Products Page</title>
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"></link>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <ul>
                <?php foreach ($products as $product) {?>
                    <li><?php echo $product; ?></li>
                    <?php } ?>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 Points

It's because when you say echo $product;, $product is an array. Randy must have his error logging configured to hide those errors, which is why he doesn't get them. Even though Randy doesn't get the same error you do, he still isn't getting any meaningful data since you shouldn't echo an array. He changes it to work correctly later in the lesson.

You can configure error logging if you open php.ini and look for the line that starts with error_reporting. You can open php.ini from the xampp control panel. Click on the Config button for Apache, and select php.ini.

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

Hi thanks for the reply, that's really useful to know, I'll give it a try later :)

Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points
Erick Bongo
Erick Bongo
8,539 Points

I managed to get it all working, cheers for the help.