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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by mayank arora
mayank arora
523 Points

Hi, I am stuck in this challenge of String Manipulation.

Please let me know the errors in my code.

index.php 
<?php

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

1 Answer

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

Try something like this:

<?php

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

echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP\n";
?>
mayank arora
mayank arora
523 Points

Thanks!

Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
15,829 Points

Just make sure that your echo statement reflects your variable name exactly, i.e. 

echo "$fullName was the etc."