Challenge Task 1 - someone help please

Hey Antonia,

I've looked over your code and it was a good try, but your solution became a little complicated by the end.

First, this is the code the first part of the challenge is looking for:

<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array(
  array( 'name' => 'Alena Holligan'),
  array( 'name' => 'Dave McFarland'),
  array( 'name' => 'Treasure Porth'),
  array( 'name' => 'Andrew Chalkley')
  );

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";

The first thing to note is that the first comment asks you to edit the existing array. The challenge will allow you to pass if you create a second assignment to $contacts beneath the existing one, but it makes the code less clean. Notice how the original array has been edited to contain the new associative arrays.

Secondly, you attempted to use the extract function, but it wasn't requested as part of this code challenge. The main concept to learn from this section of the challenge is simply how to create an array of arrays.

We started with this original array:

<?php

$contacts = array('Alena Holligan', 'Dave McFarland', 'Treasure Porth', 'Andrew Chalkley');

?>

but notice how the array is changed when we turn the original array's strings into associative arrays:

<?php

$contacts = array(
  array( 'name' => 'Alena Holligan'),
  array( 'name' => 'Dave McFarland'),
  array( 'name' => 'Treasure Porth'),
  array( 'name' => 'Andrew Chalkley')
  );

?>

Now we have an array filled with four associative arrays. Take note of the structure of this code since this is what this step in the challenge is attempting to teach you.

Good luck with the course!