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James Ackerman
14,099 PointsCan someone help with string concatenation?
I've tried a few different ways but can't seem to get it right. For example...
<?php
//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = "$firstName " . "$lastName";
"$fullName was the original creator of PHP." . "\n";
?>
3 Answers
David Tomko
7,744 PointsYou need to add echo at the end.
echo "$fullName was the original creator of PHP." . "\n";
Pedro Oliveira
1,272 PointsHi, James Ackerman, everything fine?
To concatenate one string in PHP, we have several methods. I'll show you some of them:
$string = "String can have some $variables directly, but you will need always doublequote";
$string = "We can also ".$concatenate." some strings this way.";
$string = sprintf('Or even, we could %s and insert our values', 'use a function to let things more clear');
Remember that as pointed before, you will always need to echo your string, otherwise, it will be just inside your code!
James Ackerman
14,099 Points@David That got it. I thought I had tried it with echo, but apparently I used echo with an incorrect submission. I ended up assuming I was adding something that wasn't being called for. Thanks much!
@Pedro Thanks for the additional information!