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PHP

Posted by Leon Kenedy
Leon Kenedy
Courses Plus Student 9,149 Points

Could you please help me with this code challenge?

I need help with problem two.

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-php-application/adding-a-contact-form/concatentation

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Leon,

Could you please post what you have tried so far?

Leon Kenedy
Leon Kenedy
Courses Plus Student 9,149 Points 
<?php

$firstName = "Mike";
$middleName = "the";
$lastName = "Frog";

$fullName = $fullName . $firstName;

$fullName = $fullName . $middleName;

$fullName = $fullName . $lastName;

echo "The designer at Shirts 4 Mike shirts is named ____";

?>
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Nearly there Leon,

What you've wrote echos this:

MikeTheFrog

Remember that you need a space in between the words.

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Leon;

To concatenate strings with spaces in between in PHP you would use the following syntax:

$foo = "foo";
$bar = "bar";
$baz = $foo . " " . $bar;

Now if you do an echo $baz; statement you will get "foo bar". If you don't include that concatenated space you would get "foobar".

Happy coding,

Ken

mikes02
PLUS
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points
mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points 
<?php
$firstName = "Mike";
$middleName = "the";
$lastName = "Frog";
$fullName = $firstName.' '.$middleName.' '.$lastName;

echo "The designer at Shirts 4 Mike shirts is named $fullName";
?>