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PHP

Aaron Gates
Aaron Gates
1,573 Points
Posted by Aaron Gates
Aaron Gates
1,573 Points

Viewing Details displays the word "Array"

I updated my function to display details as specified in the video and when I refreshed I get the title and table but the content says "Array" instead of the actual category, genre ect. info. 

function get_item_html($id, $item){
 $output =  "<li><a href='details.php?id=" . $id . "'>
                 <img src='"
                . $item["img"] . "'alt='"
                . $item["title"] . "' />"
                . "<p>View Details</p>" 
                . "</a></li>";
      return $output;
}

~~~<?php
include("Inc/data.php");
include("Inc/functions.php");




if (isset ($_GET['id'])){

      $id = $_GET['id'];
      if (isset($catalog[$id])){
      $item = $catalog[$id];
      }
}
if (!isset($item)){
    header("location:catalog.php");
    exit;
}

$pageTitle = $item["title"];
$section = null;


include("Inc/header.php");?>

<div class="section page">

    <div class="wrapper">

      <div class="media-picture">
        <span>
          <img src="<?php echo $item["img"]; ?>" alt="<?php echo $item["title"]; ?>" />
        </span>
      </div>
      <div class="media-details">

      <h1><?php echo $item ["title"]; ?></h1>

          <table>
              <tr>
                  <th>Category</th>
                  <td><?php echo["category"];?></td>        
              </tr>
              <tr>
                  <th>Genre</th>
                  <td><?php echo["genre"];?></td>        
              </tr>
              <tr>
                  <th>Format</th>
                  <td><?php echo["format"];?></td>        
              </tr>
              <tr>
                  <th>Year</th>
                  <td><?php echo["year"];?></td>        
              </tr>
            <?php 
              if (strtolower ($item["category"]) == "books") {
                  ?>

                  <tr>
                      <th>Author</th>
                      <td><?php echo["author"];?></td>        
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                      <th>Publisher</th>
                      <td><?php echo["publisher"];?></td>        
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                      <th>ISBN</th>
                      <td><?php echo["isbn"];?></td>        
                  </tr>

             <?php }?>

          </table>



      </div>
  </div>
</div>

1 Answer

Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

never saw something like this just try check it and you find your mistake :)

<td><?php echo["category"];?></td>

SPOILER read this only if you cant find your mistake

echo SPACE $VARIABLE["ARRAY_ITEM"];