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

Posted by Pierce Colman
Pierce Colman
3,645 Points

It says I need to echo Mike's name onto the page. The variable was deemed correct so the echo statement is wrong.

<?php

$name = "Mike";

?>

<?php echo $name; ?>

How is this not right??

index.php 
<?php

$name = "Mike";

?>

<?php echo $name; ?>
Krista McPhee
Krista McPhee
1,955 Points

It should read:

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

1 Answer

Walter Allen
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Walter Allen
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 16,023 Points
Walter Allen
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Walter Allen
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 16,023 Points

Krista is right. There's actually nothing wrong with the code. It's just that the answer validator that Treehouse is using wants you to type it all between one set of php tags.