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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Travis Morgan
Travis Morgan
19,245 Points

Clarity on Challenge Task 3 of 3 PHP Basics 2

$firstName = "Rasmus"; $lastName = "Lerdorf"; $fullname = "$firstName" . ' ' . "$lastName";

$string_one = "'"; $string_one .= "fullname"; $string_one .= " was the original creator of PHP\'"; $string_one .= "\n";

echo = $string_one;

I don't know what I'm missing. Unless they are looking for the "'" in the string, to which I then wrote:

$firstName = "Rasmus"; $lastName = "Lerdorf"; $fullname = "$firstName" . ' ' . "$lastName";

$string_one = "'"; $string_one .= "$fullname"; $string_one .= " was the original creator of PHP'"; $string_one .= "\n";

echo $string_one;

which also fails. (I submitted them separately... added them together for the post.) I get the requested result... I think.

index.php 
<?php

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

$string_one = "'";
$string_one .= "$fullname";
$string_one .= " was the original creator of PHP'";
$string_one .= "\n";

echo = $string_one;

?>

<?php
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullname = "$firstName" . ' ' . "$lastName";
$fullname .= " was the original creator of PHP";
$fullname .= "\n";
echo $fullname;
?>

2 Answers

Algirdas Lalys
Algirdas Lalys
9,389 Points
Algirdas Lalys
Algirdas Lalys
9,389 Points

Hi Travis Morgan,

Well it seems you are going the right way. First three lines are great just needed to echo it.

<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName;
echo $fullname . " was the original creator of PHP\n";
?>
Travis Morgan
Travis Morgan
19,245 Points
Travis Morgan
Travis Morgan
19,245 Points

Thank you @Algirdas Lalys. Yep, worked perfectly.