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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Taylor Schimek
Taylor Schimek
19,318 Points
Posted by Taylor Schimek
Taylor Schimek
19,318 Points

bugged challenge

Challenge 3 after Multidimensional Array video seems to be bugged. The task is : "Replace the hard coded values in the output with the name and email values from the contacts array."

when i do that (preview shows it's correct), the Check Work returns this comment: "Bummer! I do not see the required output. You should not be modifying the output at this point."

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array(['name' => 'Alena Holligan'], 
                  ['name' => 'Dave McFarland'], 
                  ['name' => 'Treasure Porth'], 
                  ['name' => 'Andrew Chalkley']);
$contacts[0]['email'] = 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com';
$contacts[1]['email'] = 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com';
$contacts[2]['email'] = 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com';
$contacts[3]['email'] = 'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com';

echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>";
echo $contacts[0]['name'] . ' : ' . $contacts[0]['email']; 
echo "</li>";
echo "<li>";
echo $contacts[1]['name'] . ' : ' . $contacts[1]['email'];
echo "</li>";
echo "<li>";
echo $contacts[2]['name'] . ' : ' . $contacts[2]['email'];
echo "</li>";
echo "<li>";
echo $contacts[3]['name'] . ' : ' . $contacts[3]['email'];
echo "</li>";
echo "</ul>\n";

2 Answers

Alena Holligan
STAFF
Alena Holligan
Treehouse Teacher
Alena Holligan
Alena Holligan
Treehouse Teacher

Challenge should be updated to accept that answer

Corey Cramer
Corey Cramer
9,453 Points
Corey Cramer
Corey Cramer
9,453 Points

While your solution would technically work there is a much cleaner implementation that they are looking for. But you are so very close to having it right!

$contacts = array(['name' => 'Alena Holligan'], 
                  ['name' => 'Dave McFarland'], 
                  ['name' => 'Treasure Porth'], 
                  ['name' => 'Andrew Chalkley']);
$contacts[0]['email'] = 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com';
$contacts[1]['email'] = 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com';
$contacts[2]['email'] = 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com';
$contacts[3]['email'] = 'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com';

becomes:

$contacts = array(
    ['name' => 'Alena Holligan', 'email' => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com'], 
    ['name' => 'Dave McFarland', 'email' => 'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com'], 
    ['name' => 'Treasure Porth', 'email' => 'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com'], 
    ['name' => 'Andrew Chalkley', 'email' => 'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com']
);