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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Carlos Fernández-Tejeda García
Carlos Fernández-Tejeda García
4,051 Points
Posted by Carlos Fernández-Tejeda García
Carlos Fernández-Tejeda García
4,051 Points

Why doesn´t it work?

I am trying this, but it says "it looks like task one is no longer passing".

I have already checked similar questions but I have no positive results on my excercise.

Any other solution?

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment

  $firstName = "Rasmus";

  $lastName = "Lerdorf ";

  $fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName 

  echo "$fullName.  was the original creator of PHP"

?>

2 Answers

Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points

Hey Carlos! It seems like you have a few extra unnecessary characters in there. First, $lastName does not need the space at the end. Second, you're echoing the wrong string. Here's what I did:

<?php

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