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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Adri Johari
Adri Johari
17,075 Points
Posted by Adri Johari
Adri Johari
17,075 Points

cant solve this. it said, "I do not see a period!"

cant solve this. it said, "I do not see a period!"

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";

$lastName = "Lerdorf";

$fullName = $firstName .' '. $lastName ;

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

?>

3 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

The challenge is being very fussy. There is nothing wrong with your PHP syntax or logic - the period the challenge wants to see is actually the period that ends your sentence. So to fix it just add a period inside your string:

echo $fullName. ' was the original creator of PHP.'. "\n";
dan braithwaite
dan braithwaite
1,156 Points
dan braithwaite
dan braithwaite
1,156 Points

I'm having the same problem. Not sure what i've done wrong..

<?php

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

echo $fullName + ' was the original creator of PHP.' . "\n";
?>
Toby Elliott
Toby Elliott
2,520 Points
Toby Elliott
Toby Elliott
2,520 Points

It’s not working for me either:

<?php

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

?>