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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Concatentation

Alex Ryzhkov
Alex Ryzhkov
4,005 Points
Posted by Alex Ryzhkov
Alex Ryzhkov
4,005 Points

need help. dont know what it is asking. did everything still cant pass

<?php

$firstName = "Mike"; $middleName = "the"; $lastName = "Frog"; $fullName = $firstName . "" . $middleName . "" . $lastName; echo "<br /> <br />";

echo "The designer at Shirts 4 Mike shirts is named ____";

?>

1 Answer

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points 
<?php
// set variables for each part of the name
$firstName = "Mike";
$middleName = "the";
$lastName = "Frog";
// combine each part of the name into a full name variable (be sure to put a space in the string between variables)
$fullName = $firstName . " " . $middleName . " " . $lastName;

// echo our string and combine it with the fullName variable from above
echo "The designer at Shirts 4 Mike shirts is named " . $fullName . "."; 
?>

The lesson is teaching you about Concatentation, where you combine strings and variables. You have the general structure correct, although you weren't adding a space in between the first/middle/last names.

EDIT: forgot to end the final sentence with a period.