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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Combining Strings

Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson
6,148 Points
Posted by Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson
6,148 Points

Having trouble with Concatenation

I have copied exactly as the course has show; for some reason I am getting an error. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

<?php

$name = 'Mark'; $string_one = "Learning to display \"Hello $name!\" to the screen.\n"; $string_one = 'Learning to display ' . \"Hello $name . '!\" to the screen.\n'; echo $string_one;

?>

Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson
6,148 Points
Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson
6,148 Points

Its okay, I have spotted the mistake. Thanks

1 Answer

mohammed saleh
mohammed saleh
3,749 Points
mohammed saleh
mohammed saleh
3,749 Points 
<?php

$name = 'Mark'; 
$string_one = "Learning to display \"Hello $name!\" to the screen.\n";
$string_one = 'Learning to display ' . "\"Hello $name . '!\" to the screen.\n'";
echo $string_one;