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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Shiva Karthik
Shiva Karthik
4,586 Points
Posted by Shiva Karthik
Shiva Karthik
4,586 Points

error: it looks like Task 2 no longer working.

I am not able to clear the last code challenge. I am not getting what is wrong in the code. Please help.

index.php 
<?php

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

1 Answer

Daniel Stopka
Daniel Stopka
13,520 Points
Daniel Stopka
Daniel Stopka
13,520 Points

Hi Shiva,

it happens because in task 2 you need to crate a variable containing firstName and lastName. But if you concatenate that variable in task 3, then second task is no longer passing...

Instead of concatenating, try to echo out the sentence directly

<?php
echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP\n";
Shiva Karthik
Shiva Karthik
4,586 Points
Shiva Karthik
Shiva Karthik
4,586 Points

Thank you so much i was breaking my head for this issue.