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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Conditionals & Loops If / ElseIf Conditionals

Posted by Derek Brannock
Derek Brannock
2,850 Points

Cannot get Workspaces to display result

I cannot get Workspaces to to show the preview after I save the file. As soon as I make a change, the browser window displays nothing. I have tried creating multiple files to check this and come up with the same result. Any help is appreciated. Here is my code...

<?php
define("USE_FULL_NAME", TRUE);
define("MAX_BADGES", 150000);

$first_name = "Derek";
$last_name = "B";
$location = "Home";
$role = "Burger Guy";

if (USE_FULL_NAME == TRUE) {
  $name = $first_name . ' ' .  $last_name
} else {
    $name = $first_name;
  }

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset=utf-8>
    <title><?php echo $name ?> | Treehouse Profile</title>
    <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <section class="sidebar text-center">
      <div class="avatar">
        <img src="img/avatar.png" alt="<?php echo $name ?>">
      </div>
      <h1><?php echo $name ?></h1>
      <p><?php echo $location ?></p>
      <hr />
      <p>Welcome to PHP Basics!</p>
      <hr />
      <ul class="social">
        <li><a href=""><span class="icon twitter"></span></a></li>
      </ul>
      <h1>Hello</h1>
    </section>
    <section class="main">
      <pre><?php

      ?></pre>  
    </section>
  </body>
</html>
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

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1 Answer

Tanner Marshall
Tanner Marshall
13,717 Points
Tanner Marshall
Tanner Marshall
13,717 Points

Hi Derek!

Not sure if you've fixed this yet, but it looks like you're missing a semicolon on line 11, in the If statement:

$name = $first_name . ' ' .  $last_name"

Pop a semicolon in there and it should run just fine! Hope that helps.