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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Review Basics

James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points
Posted by James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points

What is wrong with my code? Build a PHP website review

<?php include("flavor.php");

echo "Hal's favorite flavor of ice cream is" . $flavor . ".";

$flavor = get_flavor();

?>
output.php 
<?php
include("flavor.php");

echo "Hal's favorite flavor of ice cream is" . $flavor . ".";

$flavor = get_flavor();

?>

3 Answers

Geovanie Alvarez
Geovanie Alvarez
21,500 Points
Geovanie Alvarez
Geovanie Alvarez
21,500 Points

You have 2 problem: #1: the $flavor have to be before the echo statement, #2: in the echo you need a space between the "is" and the $flavor.

<?php
include("flavor.php");
$flavor = get_flavor(); // #1
echo "Hal's favorite flavor of ice cream is " . $flavor . "."; // #2
?>
rvandaalen
rvandaalen
24,090 Points
rvandaalen
rvandaalen
24,090 Points

You're probably just missing a space after the fist part of the sentence. This worked for me:

<?php

include('flavor.php');

$flavor = get_flavor();

echo "Hal's favorite flavor of ice cream is " . $flavor . ".";

?>
michaelleonard4
michaelleonard4
7,013 Points

what no way this worked for you, you are doing it the other way around include shoud be first, then the declaration of the variable flavor, and then the echo statment!!

rvandaalen
rvandaalen
24,090 Points
rvandaalen
rvandaalen
24,090 Points

I just jumped into the challenge quickly and listed int in the order of the three challenges, but I agree that it seems weird and this is not the ideal way to display it here.