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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Data & Structure PHP Variables

Martin Bornman
PLUS
Martin Bornman
Courses Plus Student 12,662 Points
Posted by Martin Bornman
Martin Bornman
Courses Plus Student 12,662 Points

Echo Mike's name on screen?

What am I doing wrong?

<?php $name = "Mike"; ?> <?php echo $name; ?>

index.php 
<?php
$name = "Mike";
?>

<?php echo $name; ?>

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Looks like similar issue to something that came up yesterday.

Try putting all your code into one code block. That was identified as a solution earlier. :-)

<?php
$name = "Mike";
php echo $name; ?
?>
San Francisco
San Francisco
28,373 Points
San Francisco
San Francisco
28,373 Points

this does not work for me does it work for you?