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

Tarif Hossain
Tarif Hossain
298 Points
Posted by Tarif Hossain
Tarif Hossain
298 Points

cant get echo output

hello, I am new at php, not sure what I have done wrong but I am not getting echo output.

Thanks in advance for help.

index.php 
<?php
$name = 'Mike';
?>

<?php echo $name ?>

1 Answer

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Tarif,

Technically you're correct. The challenges can get quite specific though and in this one I think they're trying to keep everything in one code block.

Try this:

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

Any better?

-Rich