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

Posted by Juice Creative
Juice Creative
3,857 Points

I've typed in <?php echo $name ?> and I can't pass this stage? I have tried putting a !DOCTYPE html, body tags too.

I've tried filling ih text editor to pass the quiz and it says its incorrect. I can'r figure out how its incorrect as I've put

<?php $name = "Mike"; ?>

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p><?php echo $name ?></p> </body> </html>

Please could you explain how I'm doing this wrong?

2 Answers

Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points
Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points

You dont have a semi colon after $name and why did you put a <!DOCTYPE html> in I think thet code should be

<?php 
    $name = "Mike";
    echo $name;
  ?>
Juice Creative
Juice Creative
3,857 Points
Juice Creative
Juice Creative
3,857 Points

Thanks Joseph,

I was just under the impression the preview window would need to be in html to read it so I made a body and paragraph tag too!

Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points
Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points

ye I understand it might be later on in the course but you wont access it like that. You will just echo out tags like so

echo "<html>"
echo "<div>"

or adding php tags into an element

<div>
     <?php echo $name; ?>
  </div>
Juice Creative
Juice Creative
3,857 Points

Yeah I get you now, Just threw me off a little as the previous examples it was inside body tags etc, thanks for the quick response :)