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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Associative Arrays

Chris Reich
Chris Reich
15,163 Points
Posted by Chris Reich
Chris Reich
15,163 Points

Is this a bug?

I'm getting an error "Did you create a variable named $movie?

I've tried:

$movie = array(); $movie = []; $movie = ;

Nothing works. Please help.

index.php 
$movie = array();

<h1>Back to the Future (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>

2 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

When you tried these, did you wrap them in php tags?

<?php
    $movie = [];
?>
Geovanie Alvarez
Geovanie Alvarez
21,500 Points
Geovanie Alvarez
Geovanie Alvarez
21,500 Points

You have to open the php tag before making the variable

<?php // open the php tag
$movie = array();
?> // close the php tag