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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Adding a Basic Form Concatenation

Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,462 Points

Create a variable called $fullName and assign it a value equal to the concatenation of the $title variable, a space, the

What have I done wrong???

index.php
<?php

$title = "Dr.";
$firstName = "David";
$lastName = "Bowman";

$fullName = "Dr. " . $title . "David " . $firstName . "Bowman" . $lastName; 


echo "The lead character from 2001: A Space Odyssey is named ____";

?>
David Bath
David Bath
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I think if you echo out $fullName you will see what you are doing wrong. You are actually concatenating each variable to its text equivalent, so "Dr. Dr." etc. You just need to concatenate the variables (with added spaces).

Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Thank you David for a quick reply! Unfortunately still a challenge!


<?php

$title = "Dr."; $firstName = "David"; $lastName = "Bowman";

$fullName = "$title " . "$firstName " . "$lastName "; echo $fullName;

echo "The lead character from 2001: A Space Odyssey is named ____";

?>


The preview shows correct but I get the message:

Bummer! Make sure $fullName is set to the concatenation of $title, $firstName, and $lastName, with spaces in between.

2 Answers

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
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You could solve the task like this:

<?php

$title = "Dr.";
$firstName = "David";
$lastName = "Bowman";

$fullName = $title . " " . $firstName . " " . $lastName;

echo "The lead character from 2001: A Space Odyssey is named ____";

?>

We are assigning the variable $title a white space (" "), the variable $firstName another white space (" ") and finally the variable $lastName. All that using . (dots) to concatenate. I hope that helps a little bit.

Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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That worked thank you Carlos.

For the one who has the same challenge remember not to add a space after $lastName - even though it looks weird and is connected to the echo without a space: "Dr. David BowmanThe lead character from 2001: A space Odyssey is Named ___";

David Bath
David Bath
25,940 Points

When you use variables, don't put them inside quotes. Take a look at how Carlos did it.