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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Paul Asugo
Paul Asugo
956 Points

Code not passing

<?php

//Place your code below this comment $firstName = "Rasmus"; $lastName = "Lerdorf"; $fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName; $fullname .= " was the original creator of PHP"; $fullname .= "\n";

?>

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName;
$fullname .= " was the original creator of PHP";
$fullname .= "\n";

?>

1 Answer

tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points
tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName . "was the original creator of PHP\ n";
?>

Your code was wrong, because you did override the value of $fullName 3 times