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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

I've tried several approaches: such as echo $fullName . " additional verbiage"; $fullName .= ' additional verbiage';

I've tried variations on the theme. Putting the string concatenation on the same line as the echo or not. I keep getting syntax error, unexpected [whatever] on line 7. Kinda stuck. Thanks for your help.

index.php
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = $firstName . ' ' . $lastName
$fullName = $fullName . ' was the original creator of PHP.';
echo $fullName . "\n";
?>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

I see two issues remaining:

  • the line where you create $fullName doesn't have a semicolon at the end
  • in the last step you should use $fullName, but not change it when you echo the sentence
<?php

$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = $firstName . ' ' . $lastName;
echo $fullName . " was the original creator of PHP.\n";

?>

On the last task you were asked to use the $fullName to display the message to the screen, not to reassign the value of it, and then display.