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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal Including the Products Array

Posted by Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

Cant get the concatenation to work

<?php include("inc/products.php"); ?><?php
$pageTitle = "Unique t-shirts";
$section = "shirts";
include('inc/header.php'); ?>

<div class="section shirts page">
  <div class="wrapper">

  <h1>Mikes&rsquo;s Full Catalog Of Shirts</h1>

    <ul class="products">
      <?php foreach($products as $product_id => $product) {
          echo "<li>";
          echo '<a href="shirt.php?id=' . $product_id . '">';
          echo'<img src="' . $product["img"] . '" alt="' . $product["name"] . '">'
          echo "<p>View Details</p>";
          echo "</a>";
          echo "</li>";
          } 
       ?>
    </ul>

  </div>
</div>

<?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

I formatted your code for readabiliity.

Please see this thread for posting code to the forum. :)

6 Answers

Maciej Sularz
Maciej Sularz
15,088 Points

Then you must have an error elsewhere in the code, can you please post the contents of products.php, header.php and footer.php files as well? I will quickly check them for you :)

It must be a typo :) also place this on the very top of your code:

<?php
// Enables error reporting
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors", 1);

include("inc/products.php");
// Rest of yout code goes here...
?>

It should show php errors instead of a blank page :)

Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

Thank you, that error code showed the issue. Was issue in products.php page, Now it works =)

Maciej Sularz
Maciej Sularz
15,088 Points

Glad I could help, it's good practice to have error reporting ON while in development - saves you a lot of time :)

Good luck for the fututre!

Kind regards, Maciej Sularz

Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points
Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

what is the issue? I have set up the products file and shirt file. But when i click on a image i only come to this link: http://port-80-o8ngbeg2s8.treehouse-app.com/shirts.php

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

On line 15 :

echo'<img src="' . $product["img"] . '" alt="' . $product["name"] . '">'

you forgot the semi-colon at the end of the line. That's all. :)

Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

<ul class="products"> <?php foreach($products as $product_id => $product) { echo "<li>"; echo '<a href="shirt.php?id=' . $product_id . '">'; echo'<img src="' . $product["img"] . '" alt="' . $product["name"] . '">'; echo "<p>View Details</p>"; echo "</a>"; echo "</li>"; } ?> </ul>

Still doesnt work

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Hmm. I just tested against my Shirts4Mike project and it worked after I added the semi-colon.

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

What error are you getting or what shows up on the page?

Maciej Sularz
Maciej Sularz
15,088 Points
Maciej Sularz
Maciej Sularz
15,088 Points

You are missing a semicolon at the end of the line after <img> tag in your <ul> element.

Let me know if that solves the problem :)

<?php

echo'<img src="' . $product["img"] . '" alt="' . $product["name"] . '">'

?>
Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

It didnt solve it

Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points
Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

It comes up a white blank page on this url: http://port-80-o8ngbeg2s8.treehouse-app.com/shirts.php

Maciej Sularz
Maciej Sularz
15,088 Points
Maciej Sularz
Maciej Sularz
15,088 Points

Try this code, is the $products defined in the header?

<ul class="products">
        <?php
        $products = array(
            array(
                'img' => 'http://placehold.it/150x150',
                'name' => 'Product 1 Name'),
            array(
                'img' => 'http://placehold.it/150x150',
                'name' => 'Product 1 Name'),
            array(
                'img' => 'http://placehold.it/150x150',
                'name' => 'Product 1 Name')
        );
      foreach($products as $product_id => $product) {
          echo "<li>";
          echo '<a href="shirt.php?id=' . $product_id . '">';
          echo'<img src="' . $product["img"] . '" alt="' . $product["name"] . '">';
          echo "<p>View Details</p>";
          echo "</a>";
          echo "</li>";
        } 
    ?>
</ul>
Simon Strömberg
Simon Strömberg
1,423 Points

No, still same.

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

No, still same.

Do any other pages load correctly from the project's workspace, like the index?