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Let's practice some PHP to solidify your growing knowledge and make it stick.
It's okay to make multiple attempts before coming to a solution. That struggle to remember what you've learned , and apply it to the situation, is what causes the knowledge to take root.
Course: PHP Basics (Stage 3) String Manipulation
Documentation
- Variable Basics
- Variable Type: Strings
- String Operators
[MUSIC]
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Hey, everyone, Alena here.
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Practice is vital to becoming
a proficient developer.
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It solidifies what you've learned,
causing it to stick in your memory.
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With deliberate practice
it becomes quicker and
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easier to solve challenges
you'll face everyday.
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So, let's practice some PHP.
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This practice session is intended
to give you additional practice
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with string manipulation, from the third
stage of the PHP basics course.
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If you haven't taken that course already,
or find this practice session too
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difficult, then review string manipulation
from stage three of the PHP basics course.
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Check the notes associated with this
video for additional links and resources.
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Let's review the challenge.
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There are four steps to
completing this challenge.
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The index.php file includes a comment for
each step.
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Add your code below each comment.
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Step one.
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Create a variable named programmer and
set its value equal to Ada Lovelace.
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Step two.
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Create another variable named year,
and set its value equal to 1843.
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Step three.
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Replace programmer in the message
string with the variable programmer.
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And replace year in the message
string with the variable year.
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And finally, step four,
display the message string to the screen.
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At any point, to test out what you've
done, go to View > Show Console.
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And type php index.php.
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There are no errors and
nothing is displayed to the screen yet.
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Remember, it's okay to make multiple
attempts before coming to a solution.
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That struggle to remember
what you've learned, and
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apply it to the situation is what
causes the knowledge to take root.
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If you do get stuck,
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I've included additional resources in
the notes associated with this video.
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Go ahead, and give it a try, and I'll
show you my solution in the next video.
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