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PHP

Posted by Peter Dancause
Peter Dancause
4,072 Points

Working on Xampp localhost.

Should I be getting different results when working out the problems on a local server (XAMPP/localhost) than when I work on Treehouses Work Environment? two examples

1. $name = 'Name';

$stringOne = 'Hello $name';

Output on Treehouse Workspace = Hello $name Output on localhost = syntax error variable $name not defined.

2. Escape characters for \n (line break), \cr (carriage return), and \t (tab) do not produce any page break results on localhost.

Steven Pozega
Steven Pozega
14,926 Points
Steven Pozega
Steven Pozega
14,926 Points

When you view your php file in a browser, you need to use "<br>" instead of "\n". Also, for your $stringOne variable you need to use double quotes("") to use a variable's value inside of a string. Using single quotes the value of $stringOne == 'Hello $name', not 'Hello Name'. Hope this helped!