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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
3,266 Points
Posted by Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
3,266 Points

Create a third string named 'fullname' and use the $firstName and $lastName variable

Bummer! It looks like you forgot to add a space between the first and last name

$firstName = 'Rasmus'; $lastName = 'Lerdorf'; $fullname = $firstName . $lastName;

What i'm I doing wrong here?

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment

?>
Ulan Assanoff
Ulan Assanoff
9,922 Points
Ulan Assanoff
Ulan Assanoff
9,922 Points

Actually you need some space while joining two strings, something like this $fullName = $firstName .' '. $lastName;

itai chiriseri
itai chiriseri
5,127 Points

you need to add space when concatenating your strings so it should be $firstName.' '.$lastName;

hassan alzahrani
hassan alzahrani
3,623 Points
hassan alzahrani
hassan alzahrani
3,623 Points

You need to add space in between the names so the result instead of : RasmusLerdorf will be: Rasmus Lerdorf

As following: $fullname = $firstName . ' '.$lastName;

4 Answers

Gabor Gazdag
Gabor Gazdag
10,474 Points
Gabor Gazdag
Gabor Gazdag
10,474 Points

Hi Miguel!

The solution would be: $firstName = 'Rasmus'; $lastName = 'Lerdorf'; $fullname = $firstName .' '.$lastName;

My suggestion would be to set all of your varibales in a new row, it makes your code more readable.

Cheers, Gabor

Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
3,266 Points
Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
3,266 Points

Thanks guys all your answers helped out I need help with another one

Use the $fullname variable to display the following string to the screen. Use an escape character to add a newline to the end of the string. 'Rasmus Lerdorf was the original creator of PHP'

$firstName = 'Rasmus'; $lastName = 'Lerdorf'; $fullname = $firstName .' '.$lastName;

Jamie Touton
Jamie Touton
7,051 Points
Jamie Touton
Jamie Touton
7,051 Points

You need to concatenate the two variables by using a period inbetween them.

$fullName = $firstname . $lastName;

amisha prajapati
amisha prajapati
4,484 Points
amisha prajapati
amisha prajapati
4,484 Points

$firstName='Rasmus'; $lastName='Lerdorf'; $fullname = $firstName. ' ' . $lastName;