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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by philippulbrich
philippulbrich
11,975 Points

1) Use the $fullName variable

don't know whats wrong. if I type thise code into my workspace it gives me the rigtht string back.

index.php 
<?php


//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName . " " . 'was the original creator of PHP.';
$fullName .= "\n";

echo $fullName;


?>
Ashu Singh
Ashu Singh
739 Points

Try this

<?php


//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

echo $fullName.' was the original creator of PHP.';



?>

1 Answer

Luc de Brouwer
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Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 Points
Luc de Brouwer
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Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 Points 
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

echo $fullName . " was the original creator of PHP. \n";

Some advice, always use double quotes to make sure string concatenation provides the correct values. There is no need to add an extra variable to start a new line. Escape characters can always be used inside a string. Be cautious when using them though.

philippulbrich
philippulbrich
11,975 Points

it works! - thanks a lot :)