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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Data & Structure PHP Variables

Posted by Matthew Thomas
Matthew Thomas
1,474 Points

How does this not work?

<?php $name = "Mike"; ?>

<h1> <?php echo $name ?> </h1>

index.php 
<?php 
  $name = "Mike";
?>

<h1>
<?php echo $name ?>
</h1>

1 Answer

Marcus Eley
Marcus Eley
16,213 Points
Marcus Eley
Marcus Eley
16,213 Points

Hello Matthew.

It appears that you haven't declared the ending of your echo command with a semi-colon after your echo $name;

I hope that helps.

Marcus