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

Shawn Conklin
Shawn Conklin
9,078 Points
Posted by Shawn Conklin
Shawn Conklin
9,078 Points

Can someone tell me why this code challenge won't complete? http://imgur.com/zBGhxa2

I've even tried to just use <?php echo "Mike ?>

index.php 
<?php

$name = "Mike";


?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset=utf-8>
  </head>
  <body>
    <?php echo $name ?>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

The challenge might be confused with all that html you've included. You should be fine just including the variable declaration and echo in the same php block.

<?php 
 $name = "Mike";
 echo $name;
?>
Shawn Conklin
Shawn Conklin
9,078 Points
Shawn Conklin
Shawn Conklin
9,078 Points

I tried that earlier and it didn't work, but just tried it again and it did, so I don't know. Thank you.