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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Kevan Young
Kevan Young
2,035 Points
Posted by Kevan Young
Kevan Young
2,035 Points

Challenge Task 2 creating third string named $fullname

I am suppose to create a third sting called 'fullname' using $firstName and $lastName strings I have already created.

My code reads $fullname = "$firstName" + "lastName";

It is telling me I forgot to add a space between $firstName and $lastName. I have gone back and watched the videos, and changed the code several times and cannot figure out what I've done wrong. Please Help!!!

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = "$firstName" + "$lastName";

?>

1 Answer

Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points
Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points

You don't want to have quotes around your variables - quotes is for text like spaces.

In php we are also not using + to add two string together but just one dot if we don't need any space or text between our two variables.

$fullname = $firstName ." ". $lastName;
Kevan Young
Kevan Young
2,035 Points
Kevan Young
Kevan Young
2,035 Points

Perfect!! Thanks Mikel!