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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Conditionals & Loops PHP Loops Challenge

janeporter
PLUS
janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points
Posted by janeporter
janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points

getting a "you are not using the variable defined in the foreach loop" error...but i am...

how am i failing this code challenge when i'm using the variable defined in the foreach loop?????

<ul>
<?php 
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');

foreach($names as $name) {
?>

  <li><?php echo $name ?></li>;

<?php
}
?>
</ul>
index.php 
<ul>
<?php 
$names = array('Mike', 'Chris', 'Jane', 'Bob');

foreach($names as $name) {
?>

  <li><?php echo $name ?></li>;

<?php
}
?>
</ul>

2 Answers

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

I just tested your work without the the ul tags and the editor accepted it. So it's not you, it's the editor. In my mind it makes a lot of sense to put li elements inside a ul, so not sure why the editor won't take it??