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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Kelvin Ribeiro
Kelvin Ribeiro
2,814 Points
Posted by Kelvin Ribeiro
Kelvin Ribeiro
2,814 Points

can any one help me with this task?

I've already tried everything, re-watched the video 100 times, but there must be something I'm missing. can any one help me understand what i'm doing wrong?

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

echo "\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo $contacts[0] ["name"] ["email"]"\n";
echo $contacts[1] ["name"] ["email"]"\n";
echo $contacts[2] ["name"] ["email"]"\n";
echo $contacts[3] ["name"] ["email"]"\n";
Kossivi Selom Afeli
Kossivi Selom Afeli
15,418 Points
Kossivi Selom Afeli
Kossivi Selom Afeli
15,418 Points

Hello , The issue here is that you are trying to reference a multidimensional array , in this case it's rather an associative array. You need to reference the name and the email separately. try the below :

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

echo "\n";
//$contacts[0] ["name"] will return 'Alena Holligan'.
//$contacts[0] ["email"] will return 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com'.

echo $contacts[0] ["name"] ." ".$contacts[0] ["email"]."\n";
echo $contacts[1] ["name"] ." ".$contacts[1] ["email"]."\n";
echo $contacts[2] ["name"] ." ".$contacts[2] ["email"]."\n";
echo $contacts[3] ["name"] ." ".$contacts[3] ["email"]."\n";
?>