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

Posted by Karl Lindsay
Karl Lindsay
908 Points

PHP Variables challenge broken?

I can't get it to echo 'Mike' Not sure what I've done wrong. Screenshot: http://cl.ly/image/3A113G2a2y3N

2 Answers

David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

The problem was the p tags because this passes even with the real world suggestion that @andrewshook made

<?php $name = "Mike";
echo $name
?>
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

It very well could be the p tags, sometimes the code challenges can be very finicky.

Karl Lindsay
Karl Lindsay
908 Points

Okay. Thanks David!

Awesome to get a bunch of answers so quickly!

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

It was likely the p tags because that changes the output from what the challenge is expecting.

I was also going to say that it was the 2 separate php blocks because at one point in time this challenge didn't like 2 separate php blocks.

The following now passes though:

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

<?php
echo $name;
?>

Of course, if you have 2 consecutive php statements then it's preferable to put them in the same code block as David did.

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Karl, in the real world you don't have to use a semi-colon after a statement if the statement ends with the PHP closing tag ( ?>), but the code challenge my require you to use a semi-colon. Try placing a semi-colon at the end of "echo $name".

Karl Lindsay
Karl Lindsay
908 Points

Thanks Andrew! I thought I had tried it. Just tried again and formatted it differently and got through. Cheers!