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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Tawanda Kaseke
Tawanda Kaseke
11,202 Points

create a third variable named fullName that combines the $firstName and $lastName variables to make the string Rasmus

String manipulation

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";

?>
Tawanda Kaseke
Tawanda Kaseke
11,202 Points

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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Tawanda Kaseke! You're doing terrific! The problem here is that the $fullName variable now contains a few more spaces than it's expecting. Right now your $fullName variable is equivalent to " Rasmus Lerdorf " as opposed to "Rasmus Lerdorf". Note that you have two spaces between the first and last name instead of one, a space in front of Rasmus, and a space after Lerdorf.

What you're looking for is:

$fullName = "$firstName $lastName";

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Tawanda Kaseke
Tawanda Kaseke
11,202 Points
Tawanda Kaseke
Tawanda Kaseke
11,202 Points

It works for me thanks