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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
2,919 Points
Posted by nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
2,919 Points

It says I need to use the built in function. I was able to get it to display what it wants but it's not right apparently

For this code challenge, you'll need to check out the documentation for the date function to see details about formatting.

Use the date function to add todays date to the display message in the following format: full month, day of the month with leading 0, comma and 4 digit year.

Example: Today is July 04, 2016

index.php 
<?php
echo 'Today is ';
//Place your code below this comment
 date ('F d, Y'); 
?>

2 Answers

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

This particular challenge isn't allowing a space after date It would be ok in a real project.

Also, you need to echo the date.

brock lynch
brock lynch
6,956 Points
brock lynch
brock lynch
6,956 Points

In addition to what Jason Anello has said, you must concatenate the two strings together using a dot (.). Then you can echo out the combined string.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Brock,

Normally that's probably what you would do on a real project. However, this challenge is expecting 2 separate echo statements or it won't pass.