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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

Eran Mor
Eran Mor
1,503 Points
Posted by Eran Mor
Eran Mor
1,503 Points

Challenge Task 1 of 1 - date() function

This is the task:

Use the date function to add todays date to the display message in the following format: full month, day of the month with leading 0, comma and 4 digit year. Example: Today is July 04, 2016

Preview is indicating my solution works but the auto checker is not passing it to the next level. I have tried multiple ways to write it and all were correct according to "Preview" .

The error I get is "You have not passed the correct string for formatting".

Thank you

index.php 
<?php
echo 'Today is ';
echo date('F d\, Y');
?>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You're doing just fine. And while the preview does show the same thing, they are specifically grading what is inside the parentheses to the date() function. You've included an escape character \ that isn't needed. Removing this will cause the challenge to pass.

Good luck! :sparkles:

Eran Mor
Eran Mor
1,503 Points
Eran Mor
Eran Mor
1,503 Points

Thank you Jennifer.