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

Ashley Newton
Ashley Newton
2,225 Points
Posted by Ashley Newton
Ashley Newton
2,225 Points

To echo Mike's name to the screen I have written <?php echo $name ?> but can't move forward through this challenge

I have compared my code with the code I wrote in Workspaces, but I don't see what I am doing wrong. I am getting the message that says the code I've written is incorrect, but I'm not getting any more feedback explaining why. Can you help me to understand what I'm doing wrong?

index.php 
<?php

$name = "Mike";

?>

<html>
<body>
  <section>
<p>
<?php echo $name ?>
  </p>
  </section>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

James Anwyl
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James Anwyl
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 49,960 Points

Hi, Just gone back through the challenge and what worked for me was to do it all inside one php statement. For example:

<?php $name = 'Mike';

echo $name; 

?>

I think it might be getting confused with all the extra markup and 2 sets of php tags. Your code is fine though and should work in a real-world scenario.

Hope this helps :)