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PHP

Posted by jasonjones5
jasonjones5
Courses Plus Student 5,571 Points

What's wrong with this PHP?

Hey folks,

I've tried getting this:

<?php

echo "Randy's favorite flavor of ice cream is " . $flavor. ".";

include 'flavor.php';

$flavor = get_flavor();

return;

?>

to work in a variety of ways and it's not having it. I'm currently unable to continue so if someone could point out what's wrong with it, or post a working version I could examine so I understand the problem, I'd appreciate it.

Cheers

2 Answers

Kelly von Borstel
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 Points
Kelly von Borstel
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 Points

I'm going to paste the code that worked for me. I don't have too much experience with php, so I'm not certain the reason your code doesn't work, but the main difference I noticed between your code and mine is the order of the statements, with include at the top, plus $flavor variable being set before it was used.

<?php
include 'flavor.php';
$flavor = get_flavor();
echo "Randy's favorite flavor of ice cream is " . $flavor . ".";
?>
jasonjones5
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jasonjones5
Courses Plus Student 5,571 Points
jasonjones5
jasonjones5
Courses Plus Student 5,571 Points

Thanks for that, that sorted it. I got complacent as most examples have the code in a pre-set order you don't need to mess with. I even thought it didn't make sense but didn't actually try changing it.....