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Taeho Kim
Courses Plus Student 568 PointsI have to print out Mike and I have no idea what's wrong here..
<?php
$name = "Mike";
?> <p><?php echo $name?></p>
That's the code.. and I did exactly what the instructor said..
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Taeho,
The challenge doesn't seem to like 2 separate php blocks. Echo the name in the 1st php block and remove the second php block.
Michael Jensch
8,038 PointsFurthermore you need to set a semicolon in the second php block. Example:
<?php echo $name; ?>
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Michael,
While it's good practice to end every statement with a semicolon it's technically not needed when it's the last statement in a block. The closing ?> is capable of ending the last statement.
thomascawthorn
22,986 Pointsit is indeed enough, but I find it always good to add in for consistency ;) It can also introduce bugs if you ever merge two blocks!