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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Siraj Khan
Siraj Khan
3,451 Points
Posted by Siraj Khan
Siraj Khan
3,451 Points

What is wrong with my code.?

What is wrong with my code.?

index.php 
<?php
//edit this array
$contacts[] = 

[
    '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',
  ],


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";
nicholas hartford
nicholas hartford
24,276 Points

You don't need square brackets after $contacts. Should be $contacts = [ //content for array ];

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

You need to define your multidimensional array like so:

$contacts = array(
  array('key' => 'value'),
  array('key' => 'value')
);