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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Listing Inventory Items Introducing Associative Arrays

Posted by Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong....I'm stuck!

I'm in challenge 3 of 7 with the following instructions:

By the end of this code challenge, we'll REMOVE from the page all the information about the original movie ("Back to the Future") and REPLACE it with information about the new movie ("The Empire Strikes Back"). Right now, the <h1> element has the title of the original movie as a static piece of text. Replace that with a PHP command that INSTEAD displays the title of the new movie from the array. (Be sure to leave the <h1> tags, the parentheses, and the year intact.)

Here's my code:

<?php
$movie = array(
    "title" => "The Empire Strikes Back"
);
?>

<h1><?php echo $movie["title"]; ?>(1985)</h1>

<table>
<tr>
<th>Director</th>
<td>Robert Zemeckis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>IMDB Rating</th>
<td>8.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>IMDB Ranking</th>
<td>53</td>
</tr>
</table>

what am I missing??

Fernando

8 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Fernando,

Put a space between ?>(1985). Like this ?> (1985).

Jeff

Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points
Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points

Let me know if it works....

Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points

Worked both ways.

Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
3,092 Points
Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
3,092 Points

Try something like this

Concatination

<?php

$movie["title"] = "Star Wars";

echo "<h1 class=\"title\">" . $movie["title"] . "</h1>";

?>

Alex Cawley
Alex Cawley
9,291 Points
Alex Cawley
Alex Cawley
9,291 Points

Your code looks great but i think you may be missing a silly space between the ending php tag and the year. I went back and did the challenge and this code passed fine! 

<?php
$movie = array (
    title => "The Empire Strikes Back"
);
?>

<h1><?php echo $movie['title']; ?> (1985)</h1>
Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points
Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points

Someone else already figured it. :-)

Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points
Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points

Thank you Alex, Richmond, and Jeff. That work! I was going crazy, and I can't believe for that little space it wasn't going thru....

Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points
Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points

I wonder if it would pass with 

<h1><?php echo $movie["title"] . " "; ?>(1985)</h1>

It wouldn't be necessary because you can add the space outside of the PHP block, but I wonder if the quiz would accept it... I am gonna check.

Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points

Yup. It passes when space is added outside the PHP or when added with concatenation.

Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points
Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez
18,527 Points

good to know!!