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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Jeen Xavier
Jeen Xavier
1,086 Points

Dont know how to do the third step

Dont know how to do the third step of this exercise

index.php 
<?php
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = "$firstName  $lastName was the first to creator of PHP " "\n" ;


echo $fullname;
//Place your code below this comment

?>

1 Answer

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Jeen,

You have a couple of little errors that are throwing you off.

The $fullname variable should be made via concatenation of the $firstName and $lastName with a space between the two. e.g. $fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

When it comes to echoing out the full string of the last task you need to use the $fullname variable you created inside double quotes. e.g. echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP\n";

I have placed the full code below to get you on your way again :)

<?php

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

$fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

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

?>

Hope this helps.

Craig

Jeen Xavier
Jeen Xavier
1,086 Points

Yes thank you! I thought we had to put the text in the variable $fullname itself Thanks!