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blake McMullin
1,337 Pointshelp with associative arrays please!
I seem to be having much trouble with the challenge question "Right now, the <h1> element has the year of the original movie as a static piece of text. Replace that with a PHP command that INSTEAD displays the year of the new movie from the array. (Be sure to leave the parentheses intact.)"
I have reached the correct point of: <h1><?php echo $movie["title"]; ?> (1985)</h1> but cannot get past this for some reason... --> how do you replace the "year" but still keep the original parentheses intact?! does this require a DL?
2 Answers
Leonardo Hernandez
13,798 PointsYou can place PHP code anywhere, even between parentheses . Try opening a new PHP code block between them and echo out a variable.
You can also concatenate a string using a period.
<?php echo "Hello " . $fullname . ". My name is Leonardo" ?>
Curtis Schrum
10,174 PointsYou almost have it remember that you can echo out php anywhere
(<?php echo $movie["year"]; ?>)
blake McMullin
1,337 Pointsthanksssss!!!!
Curtis Schrum
10,174 PointsCurtis Schrum
10,174 PointsLeonardo that was such a better written answer than mine LOL. I forgot to wrap my code in a code element. Phone + Forum = Bad Idea.
Leonardo Hernandez
13,798 PointsLeonardo Hernandez
13,798 PointsI admire the acknowledgement ! I also admire the mobile attempt. Thanks !
Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsMike Baxter
4,442 PointsAlso, you don't need the concatenation to add the variable since you're using double-quotes. (You only need to do that if you're using single-quotes, so that you don't write out the variable name instead of the value.) You could just do this:
<?php echo "Hello $fullname . My name is Leonardo" ?>It's just the difference between interpreted and literal :)
Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsMike Baxter
4,442 PointsThere shouldn't be a space between the variable name and the period, but I can't go back and edit it.