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Posted by Mohamed Mokhtar
Mohamed Mokhtar
9,651 Points

the preview displays as it should if iam not wrong and still can not pass the challenge

asking me to view all the list items on this format "Book title (isbn) " i am viewing it and it looks legit but still can not pass the challenge here is my code

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

1 Answer

Mohamed Mokhtar
Mohamed Mokhtar
9,651 Points
Mohamed Mokhtar
Mohamed Mokhtar
9,651 Points

never mind , solved had to do it this way

<?php echo $book; ?> (<?php echo $isbn; ?>)
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Mohamed,

I think the string concatenation would have worked like this:

<li><?php echo $book . " (" . $isbn . ")"; ?></li>

Rather than a line return you want to make sure there's a space after the book.

Perhaps your solution is more readable though.

Mohamed Mokhtar
Mohamed Mokhtar
9,651 Points

Hi Jason , i tried your code but yet did not work , tho i have seen another post on the forum suggesting the same solution .. got no clue why it did not work with me really

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Mohamed,

Not sure why the string concatenation is not working for you.

I have just passed with all of the following:

<li><?php echo $book . " (" . $isbn . ")"; ?></li>

or

<li><?php echo $book; ?> (<?php echo $isbn; ?>)</li>

or

<li><?php echo "$book ($isbn)"; ?></li>