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PHP Integrating PHP with Databases Using Relational Tables Fetching Many Relationships

Henrik Holmlund
Henrik Holmlund
6,113 Points
Posted by Henrik Holmlund
Henrik Holmlund
6,113 Points

Can't get this to work. In general I feel that the challenges are a bit too sparsely detailed.

As per the lesson before: while ($row = $results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) { $item[$row["genre_id"]][] = $row["genre"]; } return $item["genres"];

Doesn't work. No idea where to go next.

index.php 
<?php

include "helper.php";
while ($row = $results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
        $item[$row["genre_id"]][] = $row["genre"];
    }
    return $item["genres"];

/*
 * helper contains the following variables:
 * $item is an array that contains details about the library item
 * $results is a PDOstatement object with our genre results.
 */
David Negron
David Negron
Courses Plus Student 3,669 Points
David Negron
David Negron
Courses Plus Student 3,669 Points

You're close, but you haven't created a "genres" array key for $item in your example. Try something like:

$item["genres"][$row["genre_id"]][] = $row["genre"];