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yannverreault
12,599 PointsWhere comes from the $item variable?
In the videos, I see the variable $item but I don't see it declared anywhere. Why so?
1 Answer
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsI'm not familiar with the lesson, but I peaked at the code.
The only spot I can find $item is in functions.php. $item is used in both functions, the get_item_html function, and the array_category function. In both cases, $item is defined as an argument, and is only available inside that function, it's not a global variable.
In the case of the get_item_html function, when that gets called in catalog.php, we are passing in two variables as arguments, $id and $catalog[$id]. Those arguments are passed into get_item_html, and are referenced as $id and $item inside of the function.
Similar with array_category function. When we run the foreach loop, we are taking the $catalog and breaking it out into a key => value pair with temporary variables, $id and $item. These two variables are only available inside of this foreach function.