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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics Building the Recipe Accessing Arrays

Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
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Posted by Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points

Accessing Arrays Task 4

It says to add a new associative array with values for each. Here is what I have:

index.php 
<?php

$colors = array('red', 'blue', 'green');

echo $colors[1];

$favorite_colors = array(
  'mike' -> 'green',
  'jane' -> 'blue',
  'chris' -> 'red'
  );

?>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Corey! You're really close here. We use the -> when we're accessing a property. But we use the => kind of "arrow" when we're making associative arrays.

So without changing anything else, if I simply change the -> to =>, your code passes with flying colors! This needs to be done on all three key/value pairs.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points
Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points

Thanks, it's easy to get the arrows mixed up when they look similar!