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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Don't Repeat Yourself

David Dassau
David Dassau
8,628 Points
Posted by David Dassau
David Dassau
8,628 Points

Name not showing up in the footer

I followed the video verbatim, and my name is showing up in the Title and Sidebar, but not in the footer for some reason. Here's my source code:

<?php
$display_name = 'David Dassau';
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset=utf-8>
    <title>PHP Basics by <?php echo $display_name; ?></title>
    <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="wrap">
        <section class="sidebar text-center">
          <div class="avatar">
            <img src="img/logo.png" alt="Alt For Image">
          </div>
          <h1><?php echo $display_name; ?></h1>
          <p>Contact:<br />
          <a href="mailto:">EMAIL</a></p>
          <hr />
          <ul class="social">
            <li><a href=""><span class="icon twitter"></span></a></li>
          </ul>
          <hr />
          <p>Today: D, d M Y</p>
        </section>
        <section class="main">
          <h1>My First PHP Page</h1>

          <h2>Unit Conversion</h2>

          <hr />

          <h2>Daily Exercise</h2>
        </section>
    </div>
    <section class="footer text-center">
      &copy; 2016 <?php echo $display_name; ?>
    </section>
  </body>
</html>
David Dassau
David Dassau
8,628 Points
David Dassau
David Dassau
8,628 Points

Nevermind, I got it to work!

2 Answers

Paul Engering
Paul Engering
11,689 Points
Paul Engering
Paul Engering
11,689 Points

Just adding an empty space after ... ?> in the footer did the trick for me.

Nick Fite
Nick Fite
11,168 Points
Nick Fite
Nick Fite
11,168 Points

How did you get it it work? I had the same issue.

Lucas Dominguez
Lucas Dominguez
2,460 Points

Same issue here, anyone?

Lucas Dominguez
Lucas Dominguez
2,460 Points

I just figured out, it's working when you add a p tag.

<p> &copy; 2016 <?php echo $display_name; ?></p>

displays properly my name in the footer section.