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Posted by azumi yuan
azumi yuan
3,126 Points

stage 5 challenge task 2 of 2

I honestly don't know what is wrong with my code, can someone help me? its not letting me progress to the next stage.

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>

1 Answer

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

It looks like you're just forgetting the space before the opening parentheses. Try using this:

<?php echo $book . ' ('. $isbn .')'; ?>
azumi yuan
azumi yuan
3,126 Points

thank you so much ryan!

Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

You're welcome! Believe me, tiny things like this can cause a lot of headaches when trying to debug code, so you're not alone! XD

azumi yuan
azumi yuan
3,126 Points

tell me about it :'( you know that feeling of, having the right code but because you left a comma or space, then you try to spend ages trying to figure out this problem but you couldn't! GRR!! hahahaha thanks so much again :)