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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Stu Parker
Stu Parker
4,814 Points
Posted by Stu Parker
Stu Parker
4,814 Points

Don't quite understand what they are aking for here

Tried few different combos coming up bubkis.. Can anyone point in thr right direction.. Cheers

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts = array('Alena Holligan', 'Dave McFarland', 'Treasure Porth', 'Andrew Chalkley');

echo "<ul>\n";
//$contacts[0] will return 'Alena Holligan' in our simple array of names.
echo "<li>Alena Holligan : alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>Dave McFarland : dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>Treasure Porth : treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "<li>Andrew Chalkley : andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";

1 Answer

Mark Bridgeman
Mark Bridgeman
4,988 Points

So what you're wanting to do is to replicate the information provided in the echo statements below, with information from a multidimensional array.

This means each person will need to have their own array of data within the main array ($contacts).

Imagine this:

$contacts = array(
    array('name'=>'Alena Holligan','email'=>'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com'),
    array('name'=>'Dave McFarland','email'=>'dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com')
    );

echo $contacts[0]['name']; // Echoes 'Alena Holligan'

How would you then use that array to generate a line for each person?