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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Displaying Item Details

mike cee
mike cee
7,302 Points
Posted by mike cee
mike cee
7,302 Points

Displaying Item Details

i can't access the item details page after i type details.php?id=101. i get redirected to the full catalog. please help

4 Answers

mike cee
mike cee
7,302 Points
mike cee
mike cee
7,302 Points

<?php include("inc/data.php"); include("inc/functions.php");

if (isset($_GET["id"])) { $id = $_GET["id"]; if (isset($catalog[$id])) { $item = $catalog[$id]; }

} if (isset($item)) { header("location: catalog.php"); exit; }

   $pageTitle = $item['title'];
    $section = null;

include("inc/header.php"); ?>

<div class = "section page">

    <div class = "wrapper" >

        <div class = "media-picture">
                <span>
                    <img src="<?php echo $item["img"]; ?>" alt="<?php echo $item["title"]; ?>" />
                 </span>
        </div> <!-- media-picture-->

        <div class = "media-details" >
            <h1><?php echo $item["title"]; ?></h1>

            <table>     
                    <tr>
                        <th>Category</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["category"]; ?></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Genre</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["genre"]; ?></td>
                    </tr>

                    <tr>
                        <th>Format</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["format"]; ?></td>
                    </tr>
                        <th>Year</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["year"]; ?></td>

                    </tr>
                                <?php 
                                        if (strtolower($item["category"]) == "books") {
                                            ?>
                                            <tr>
                        <th>Authors</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["authors"]; ?></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Publishers</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["publisher"]; ?></td>
                    </tr>
                            <tr>
                        <th>ISBN</th>
                        <td><?php echo $item["isbn"]; ?></td>
                    </tr>            
                    <?php  }  ?>

            </table>


        </div> <!--/ media-details -->


    </div> <!--/ wrapper -->

</div> <!--/ section page -->

Julio Andrade
PLUS
Julio Andrade
Courses Plus Student 10,896 Points
Julio Andrade
Julio Andrade
Courses Plus Student 10,896 Points

In the span img tag where you have $item["img"] and $item["title"] you have double quotes inside double quotes. Try this instead $item['img'] and $item['title']

John Tampi
John Tampi
1,025 Points
John Tampi
John Tampi
1,025 Points

Whats the difference between double quote and single one? I believe she mentioned about it earlier but I forgot

Robyn Gamm
Robyn Gamm
4,408 Points
Robyn Gamm
Robyn Gamm
4,408 Points

I am having this same issue, I've watched and re-watched this video and can not spot the error.

When clicking on an item from the catalogue I am just re-directed to the catalogue. (.../catalog.php)

<?php

include("inc/data.php");
include("inc/functions.php");

// Determine page title and catalog category using $_GET.
if(isset($_GET["id"])) {
  $id = $_GET['id'];
  if (isset($catalog['$id'])) {
    $item = $catalog['$id'];
  }
}

if (!isset($item)) {
 header("location:catalog.php");
  exit;
}

$pageTitle = $item["title"];
$section = null;

// Import page header template.
include("inc/header.php"); ?>

<div class="section page">
  <div class="wrapper">
    <div class="media-picture">
      <span>
        <img src="<?php echo $item['img']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $item['title']; ?>"/>
      </span>
    </div>
    <div class="media-details">
      <h1><?php echo $item['title']; ?></h1>
      <table> 
        <tr>
          <th>Category</th>
          <td><?php echo $item['category']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Genre</th>
          <td><?php echo $item['genre']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Format</th>
          <td><?php echo $item['format']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Year</th>
          <td><?php echo $item['year']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <?php 
        if(strtolower($item['categories']) == "books") {
          ?>
         <tr>
            <th>Authors</th>
            <td><?php echo $item['authors']; ?></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <th>Publishers</th>
            <td><?php echo $item['publishers']; ?></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <th>ISBN</th>
            <td><?php echo $item['isbn']; ?></td>
         </tr>
        <?php } ?>
      </table>
    </div>
  </div>
?>
Robyn Gamm
Robyn Gamm
4,408 Points
Robyn Gamm
Robyn Gamm
4,408 Points

It's also worth noting that I have updated my functions.php to reflect the changes listed in the Teachers Notes section, like so: 

<?php 
function get_item_html($id,$item) {
    $output = "<li><a href='details.php?id="
        . $id . "'><img src='" 
        . $item['img'] . "' alt='" 
        . $item['title'] . "' />" 
        . "<p>View Details</p>"
        . "</a></li>";
    return $output;
}

function array_category($catalog, $category) {
  $output = array();
  foreach ($catalog as $id => $item) {
      if ($category == null OR strtolower($category) == strtolower($item["category"])) {
      $sort = $item['title'];
      $sort = ltrim($sort, "The ");
      $sort = ltrim($sort, "A ");
      $sort = ltrim($sort, "An ");
      $output[$id] = $sort;
    }
  }
  asort($output);
  return array_keys($output); 
}