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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Billy Somers
Billy Somers
Courses Plus Student 780 Points

I'm confused here

How do I add a new line when the statement begins with a variable, please help

index.php 
<?php

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

2 Answers

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Billy,

This challenge can be a nasty one! It asks you to display the string to the screen so you don't add to the variable you created in task 2. You can display the string by using echo as shown below:

<?php

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

Hope this helps! Happy coding!!!