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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Concatentation

Vidit Shah
Vidit Shah
6,037 Points
Posted by Vidit Shah
Vidit Shah
6,037 Points

whats wrong in php code

$fullName=$firstName. $middleName. $lastName;

concatenation.php 
<?php

$firstName = "Mike";
$middleName = "the";


$lastName="Frog";
$fullName="";
$fullName=$firstName. $middleName. $lastName;

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

?>

2 Answers

Shaun Dixon
Shaun Dixon
10,944 Points
Shaun Dixon
Shaun Dixon
10,944 Points

The issue you have is that you have not assigned the variable $fullName the variables $firstName, $middleName and $lastName.

You need to use PHP concatenation to do this which can be achieved by:

<?php

$firstName = "Mike";
$middleName = "the";

$lastName="Frog";

$fullName = $firstName . " " . $middleName . " " . $lastName;

The " " is what you would use between each variable to put a space between the names, so it would be equal to Mike the Frog.

Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Shaun is correct. In addition, you will not see what happens until you add the variable to the echo string using the same concatination format.