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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

how to add two variables to make a single line string?

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

index.php
<?php

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

$fullName .= $lastName;
?>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Use a plain assignment, and place the concatenation operator between the variables you want to join. You may also need to add a literal space (using another concatenation) to separate the words on the line.