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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points
Posted by Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points

PHP array code appears correct in output but is not passing 3rd challenge

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, it looks like the output is correct, but my code is not passing. any help?

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

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

1 Answer

Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points

You've just about got it - it's just the extra spacing before / between the array keys that's causing it to fail, ie:

<?php
echo "<li>" . $contacts[0] ["name"] . " : " . $contacts [0]["email"] . "</li>\n";

//should be:
echo "<li>" . $contacts[0]["name"] . " : " . $contacts[0]["email"] . "</li>\n";
Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points
Eric C
Eric C
7,998 Points

Hey Joel, that didn't seem to work. I am still not passing for some reason. Also how do I paste the code with the dark background into the comment section here?

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

);

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