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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Billy Somers
Billy Somers
Courses Plus Student 780 Points

Use an escape character to add a newline

How do I add a new line to a string using an escape character

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = "$firstName $lastName \'was the original creator of PHP\";
?>

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