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I am trying to output the array $Movies as an HTML table, here's the function;

function print_movies($table= 'Movies'){
    $db= $GLOBALS['db'];

    $Movies = get_info('Movies');

    print_r($Movies);

    echo "<table border='1'>
            <tr>
                <th>Movie Title</th>
                <th>Year Released</th>
                <th>Was it a book?</th>
                <th>Genre</th>
            </tr>"

    for($i=0;$i<count($Movies);$i++)){
        ?>
        <tr><td><?php echo $Movies[$title]; ?></td>
        <tr><td><?php echo $Movies[$year_released]; ?></td>
        <tr><td><?php echo $Movies[$is_book]; ?></td>
        <tr><td><?php echo $Movies[$genre]; ?></td>
        <?php
    }

    echo "</table>";
    ?>
}

And here's my HTML;

<?php
    print_movies($Movies);
?>
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<?php echo $Movies[$i][$title]; ?> –  MonkeyZeus Jan 23 at 22:06
    
You're also missing closing semicolon after the header row </tr>"; –  Set Sail Media Jan 23 at 22:06
    
You forgot to tell us what the problem is. –  jeroen Jan 23 at 22:06
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I am 99% sure I was asked to do this exact task when I went to college –  MonkeyZeus Jan 23 at 22:07
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you should look into foreach, it will change your life. –  Arian Jan 23 at 22:09
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2 Answers

up vote 1 down vote

Your PHP openning and closing tags were not located properly.

You also forgot to put a semicolon after your first echo.

<?
    function print_movies($table= 'Movies'){
    $db= $GLOBALS['db'];

    $Movies = get_info('Movies');

     print_r($Movies);

    echo "<table border='1'>

    <tr>
    <th>Movie Title</th>
    <th>Year Released</th>
    <th>Was it a book?</th>
    <th>Genre</th>
    </tr>";

     for($i=0; $i<count($Movies); $i++){ 
         ?>
    <tr><td><? echo $Movies[$title]; ?></td>
    <tr><td><? echo $Movies[$year_released]; ?></td>
    <tr><td><? echo $Movies[$is_book]; ?></td>
    <tr><td><? echo $Movies[$genre]; ?></td>
        <?
        }

    echo "</table>";


    }
    ?>
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Not sure how the array is setup but this should work. 

<tr>
    <?php
    foreach($Movies as $movie){
        echo "<td>".$movie[$title]."</td>";
        echo "<td>".$movie[$year_released]."</td>";
        //...
    }
    ?>
</tr>
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