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Franklin Alexander
3,729 PointsApparent bug in PHP challenge task three
My code is correct, but still getting a weird error that says "task 2 no longer passing" which makes no sense. The code obviously works because it shows up correctly in the preview and it also runs fine in the workspace. I must be misunderstanding the question.
$firstName = 'Rasmus'; $lastName = 'Lerdorf'; $fullname = "$firstName $lastName"; $fullname .= " was the original creator of PHP \n"; echo $fullname;
<?php
//Place your code below this comment
?>
1 Answer
andren
28,558 PointsThe message is a bit cryptic but it's not actually wrong. The instructions in task 2 specify that you should create a variable called $fullname and set it to "$firstName and $lastName". You might have moved on from that task but your solution has to be able to fulfill the criteria of all the tasks in order to pass the challenge.
Since you change the value of $fullname in task 3 your code no longer fulfills the criteria of task 2 since $fullname is now different from what it asked for.
You don't have to modify $fullname in order to print out the message asked for in task 3, all you need to do is use the $fullname variable inside of a new string you echo out. Like this:
<?php
//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = "$firstName $lastName";
echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP\n";
?>