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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

Jorge Cid
Jorge Cid
1,300 Points
Posted by Jorge Cid
Jorge Cid
1,300 Points

Greetings, Im stuck in this part of the exercise, how do i manage to add the email value? i tried adding another echo...

I tried adding another echo with the email value of the array and it seems thats not the right answer, i tried a couple of other things but it seems im not getting the right one, so im not really sure what am i missing to get the email value

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

echo "</ul>\n";

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

You can include the email and other text in the same echo statement by using concatenation. For example:

echo "<li>" . $contacts[0]['name'] . " : " . $contacts[0]['email'] . "</li>\n";
Pihe Edmond
Pihe Edmond
2,782 Points
Pihe Edmond
Pihe Edmond
2,782 Points

It's so beautiful and good, but less is more. :) What happens is what you want to achieve. I can write the data of the array together. The keys will increase in the same way. Generating data dumps is easier. With these practices, you can work faster.

<?php

$contacts = [
    [
        "name"  => 'Alena Holligan',
        "email" => 'alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com',
    ],
    [
        "name"  =>'Treasure Porth',
        "email"    =>'treasure.porth@teamtreehouse.com'
    ],
    [
        "name"  =>'Andrew Chalkley',
        "email"    =>'andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com'
    ]
];

?>

<ul>
    <?php foreach ($contacts as $contactValue) : ?>
        <li><?php echo sprintf('%s : %s', $contactValue['name'], $contactValue['email']); ?></li>
    <?php endforeach ?>
</ul>