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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Data & Structure PHP Variables

Posted by Andrew Njonjo
Andrew Njonjo
Courses Plus Student 368 Points

I am meant to output "Mike" what might be wrong with my code?

I am doing a question and this is the challenge. To output the name "Mike" in php. Below is my code. What am i doing wrong? <?php $name="Mike" ?>

<?php echo $name ?>

index.php 
<?php $name="Mike" ?>

<?php echo $name ?>

3 Answers

Andrew Njonjo
Andrew Njonjo
Courses Plus Student 368 Points

I figured out what the error is. You have to properly space out the code. I had written <?php $name="Mike" ?>. When it should have been <?php $name = "Mike" ?> thank you for the reply.

Michael Piercy
Michael Piercy
1,756 Points
Michael Piercy
Michael Piercy
1,756 Points

This works for me. Are you receiving an error?

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Try putting the code into one PHP code block.

<?php 
$name="Mike";
<?php echo $name;
?>

You'll need to close each statement with a semi colon (;).