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Posted by Lionel Ng
Lionel Ng
11,833 Points

I have no idea what wrong in my code, I preview the display is conform with the question requirement.

I don't know what is wrong, but I got this message:

Bummer! I see all the book titles and the ISBNs in the browser, but the formatting is not quite right. Each list item should look like this: Book Title (978-0123456789)

books.php 
<?php

$books["978-0743261690"] = "Gilgamesh";
$books["978-0060931957"] = "The Odyssey";
$books["978-0192840509"] = "Aesop's Fables";
$books["978-0520227040"] = "Mahabharta";
$books["978-0393320978"] = "Beowulf";

?><html>
<head>
    <title>Five Great Books</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Five Great Books</h1>
    <ul>
        <?php foreach($books as $isbn => $book) { ?>
            <li><?php echo $book . " (" . $isbn . ") "; ?></li>
        <?php } ?>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points
Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

Is it the extra space after the closing parenthesis? 

        <?php foreach($books as $isbn => $book) { ?>
            <li><?php echo $book . " (" . $isbn . ") "; ?></li>
        <?php } ?>

Should be

        <?php foreach($books as $isbn => $book) { ?>
            <li><?php echo $book . " (" . $isbn . ")"; ?></li>
        <?php } ?>

I really hope that is all it is :)

Lionel Ng
Lionel Ng
11,833 Points

Thank you so much, that's exactly the answer! :)

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points
Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

No problem, man.

That can be quite dictatorial on the presentation of printed and echoed code. Always worth checking syntax and then spacing with these types of questions.

Remember to hit up 'best answer' on your resolved questions :)

Oliver Gibbs
Oliver Gibbs
9,771 Points
Oliver Gibbs
Oliver Gibbs
9,771 Points

That's annoying it's not being accepted - I copied and pasted your code into a test page and it's definitely outputting the list correctly to the screen. Like Liam says maybe it's just that trailing space.

Lionel Ng
Lionel Ng
11,833 Points

Thank you! exactly, the trailing space make me get wrong. :P