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

Geoffrey Neal
Geoffrey Neal
30,298 Points
Posted by Geoffrey Neal
Geoffrey Neal
30,298 Points

I can't get task 2 to work for this code challenge, what am I doing wrong?

The task is to echo the variable "name" onto the screen. My code should be attached, maybe I've missed something obvious or misunderstood the question but as far as I can tell this should work. Can anyone see why it doesn't?

index.php 
<?php

$name = "Mike";

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title><?php echo $name; ?></title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1><?php echo $name; ?></h1>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

technically you're correct, but looks like all they wanted is:

<?php

$name = "Mike";
 echo $name;
?>
Geoffrey Neal
Geoffrey Neal
30,298 Points
Geoffrey Neal
Geoffrey Neal
30,298 Points

Ah...Knew I'd over complicated it. Thanks.