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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Adding Search: Controller & View Accounting for Empty Results

Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
7,167 Points
Posted by Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
7,167 Points

Can't figure out what's wrong with my code in this challenge

The Preview button doesn't work, and I have come back to this challenge a few different times. I feel like my code is right - cannot figure out what is wrong.

index.php 
<?php

    $recommendations = array();

?><html>
<body>

    <h1>Flavor Recommendations</h1>

  <?php if (!empty($recommendations) {
        echo "<ul>";
          foreach($recommendations as $flavor) {
            echo "<li>" . $flavor . "</li>";
          }
        echo "</ul>";
        } ?>
</body>
</html>

5 Answers

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

Hi Benjamin Payne,

it seems like you forgot to close the if statement properly because it is missing the closing parenthese. It is in the line which checks if $recommendations is empty.

Got it?

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Benjamin Payne you have:

<?php

<?php if (!empty($recommendations) {

and you need

<?php if (!empty($recommendations)) {

look closely at the two closing parenthese. You need one to close the if condition and another to close the empty function.

Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
7,167 Points
Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
7,167 Points

I put it down before the </body> tag so that it encloses the whole thing. Is that wrong?

Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
7,167 Points
Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
7,167 Points

Good grief. Thank you. I always try to check that stuff first, but I still missed it.

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points
Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

I know that feeling when you think you have made everything correct and the mistake shouldn't be on part of your side and you struggle and in the end it is just such a small typing error :-)

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

You wont believe the number of times this particular syntax error got me when I started out - and still now!!