Why is only the first picture showing up?

Talia

This simple problem has been driving me nuts for 2 days now. I finally got the image to display where I wanted it to go but....

How come only the first pic ( <img src=../pic.gif>) shows up (in the PRES1), and the others just get the little box with the red x?

$presidents = array(
'PRES1'=>array('Name'=>'George Washington', 'Term'=>'1789-1797','Brief Description'=>'Soldier, statesman, farmer, politician, and commander and chief of the continental army during the Revolutionary War.','Photograph'=>'<img src=../pic.gif>'),
'PRES2'=>array('Name'=>'John Adams','Term'=>'1797-1801','Brief Description'=>'Farmer, lawyer, political philosopher, diplomat, and politician. He was a leader for U.S. Independence.','Photograph'=>'<img src=../pic1.gif>'),
'PRES3'=>array('Name'=>'Thomas Jefferson','Term'=>'1801-1809','Brief Description'=>'Architect, scientist, diplomat, author, and politician. He authored the Declaration of Independence.','Photograph'=>'<img src=../pic2.gif>'),
'PRES4'=>array('Name'=>'James Madison','Term'=>'1809-1817','Brief Description'=>'One of the framers of the Virginia Constitution, the U.S. Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalists Essays.','Photograph'=>'<img src=../pic3.gif>')
);

 if (isset($presidents[$id])){
    print '<font size="4" color="blue"> ';
	print "Presidential Information Requested <br></font>";
	print '<table border=1><th> ID <th> Name <th> Term <th> Brief Description  <th> Photograph ';
	print "<tr> <td> $id </td>";
	print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Name']} </td>";
	print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Term']} </td>";
	print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Brief Description']} </td>";
	print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Photograph']} </td></tr>";

	} else {
	   print "$id ";
	}

Any suggestions? I am at a loss to what I am doing wrong.

Thanks
Talia

theeper

You aren't looping through your array so it's only displaying the first element.

Try using a control function like do { ... } while, or foreach to iterate through the array.

Talia

Ok, its official, I am totally confused.

How do I loop through the above $presidents array so that the pictures show up with the print statement down in this section?

if (isset($presidents[$id])){
print '<font size="4" color="blue"> ';
print "Presidential Information Requested <br></font>";
print '<table border=1><th> ID <th> Name <th> Term <th> Brief Description <th> Photograph ';
print "<tr> <td> $id </td>";
print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Name']} </td>";
print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Term']} </td>";
print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Brief Description']} </td>";
print "<td> {$presidents[$id]['Photograph']} </td></tr>";

Everytime I try, it either gives me a parse error or it prints out in some location on the page it shouldn't. And I don't mean it prints out the picture, I mean it prints out the code.

Maybe a better way to ask this would be where exactly do I put a foreach loop at in this script? Down below the if (isset) or above the $presidents array?

As you can tell I am really a greenhorn at this stuff. I'm trying but sometimes it just doesn't sink in very well.

Talia

Installer

If what you're trying to do is display one table with all the data from your array in it, this will work:

$presidents = array('your array data here');

echo '<font size="4" color="blue">' . 
     'Presidential Information Requested <br></font>' . 
     '<table border=1>' .
     '<th>ID</th><th>Name</th><th>Term</th>' .
     '<th>BriefDescription</th><th>Photograph</th>';

foreach ($presidents as $pres) { 
    echo '<tr> <td>' .  $id . '</td>' . 
         '<td>' . $pres['Name'] . '</td>' . 
         '<td>' . $pres['Term'] . '</td>' . 
         '<td>' . $pres['Brief Description'] . '</td>' . 
         '<td>' . $pres['Photograph'] . '</td></tr>'; 
}
echo '</table>';

The reason your table didn't display correctly is that you didn't match your "<th>" tags with "</th>". As for why red "x"s show up--that must be a problem with your files. Check that they exist and that the pathnames are correct.

Talia

First I want to thank you all for helping this newbie out. I appreciate it.

But the table is fine, it comes out every time. My problem is that in the array, PRES1 the picture of George Washington shows up in the table, the PRES2, PRES3, and PRES4 aren't so lucky.

Those. when the user clicks on the checkbox on the form, comes up with all the information, except for the picture. That column in the table just has the box with the x in it.

Where the PRES1 displays the picture. I know I should be looping through, but now when I try to loop I just display the same information 4 times and still no picture.

Hope that made sense, I think I just confused myself even more. Must be this lack of sleep thing.

Talia

Installer

I'm also confused now about what you want to do (Loop or not loop? Where does the variable "$id" come from?) to offer anything else on that. I can repeat that if your pictures aren't showing "that must be a problem with your files. Check that they exist and that the pathnames are correct."