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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Datatypes PHP Datatypes Challenge

Posted by Abbie Cheeseman
Abbie Cheeseman
10,247 Points

PHP basics challenge

I am SO frustrated with this!! I am doing the code right and it doesn't seem to work. Can someone please help me??

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment

$integer_one = 1;
$integer_two = 2;
$golden = 1.618;
$bool = TRUE; var_dump($bool);
$colors = array('red', 'blue', 'green');
echo $colors [1];

?>

2 Answers

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

You just need to delete var_dump($bool); on line 8.

I'm guessing it's checking that only $colors[1] is printed, and since var_dump is printing to the screen, it sees that and is causing the error.

Abbie Cheeseman
Abbie Cheeseman
10,247 Points

Thank you so much!!

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Try removing the var_dump() after the $bool variable. The challenge is not asking for that and after that it should work. If not you can change the array to shorthand notation by using [ ]; It should work after you remove the var_dunp() method.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

One other thing, make sure you index the array without spaces. you have a space from $colors and [1]. 

 echo $colors[1];