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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Reignier Macasaet
Reignier Macasaet
386 Points
Posted by Reignier Macasaet
Reignier Macasaet
386 Points

Hi, the task says to display the string... but when I submit my work, it says that I didn't use the $fullName variable.

help

index.php 
<?php

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

$string_one = "$fullName was the original creator of PHP. \n";
echo $string_one;
?>

1 Answer

Andrew Young
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Andrew Young
Courses Plus Student 639 Points
Andrew Young
Andrew Young
Courses Plus Student 639 Points

I think variable shouldn't be in quote if you want to combined variables/string try this

<?php
$i = "hello";

$str = $i + ' world!';
echo $str // will echo hello world!
?>
Andrew Young
Andrew Young
Courses Plus Student 639 Points
Andrew Young
Andrew Young
Courses Plus Student 639 Points

If the answer helps you please mark as best answer

thx!!