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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Data & Structure PHP Variables

Posted by Timothy White
Timothy White
2,366 Points

I am certain I have the correct answer for the challenge "Now echo Mike's Name To The Screen" and cannot move forward.

I have also tried a variation where I include all the relevant HTML tags (DOCTYPE, html, h1) and still cannot move forward. Thanks!

index.php 
<?php 
$name = "Mike";
?>

<?php echo $name ?>
Timothy White
Timothy White
2,366 Points 
<?php 
$name = "Mike";
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1><?php echo $name ?></h1>
  </body>
</html>

This is the other code that I've tried unsuccessfully. Any input as to what's wrong would be appreciated!

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

You've almost done it. :) You just need to add a semi colon to your php code block to close the statement. When it comes to syntax PHP can be very strict.

<?php 
$name = "Mike";
?>

<?php echo $name; ?>
Timothy White
Timothy White
2,366 Points

Thanks, but unfortunately that also did not work. I have tried

<?php 
$name = "Mike";
?>

<?php echo $name; ?>

...as well as...

<?php 
$name = "Mike";
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1><?php echo $name; ?></h1>
  </body>
</html>

Still not sure what I'm doing wrong?

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Try putting both statements into one code block.

This would make sense as the code is probably not picking up the reference to the value in the $name variable as it's in another block.

<?php
$name = "Mike";
echo $name;
?>
Timothy White
Timothy White
2,366 Points

Thanks! that worked

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 Points

Timothy,

You can include the echo statement in the previous objective's tags (which passed on my end).

<?php
  $name = "Mike";
  echo $name;
?>

Hope this helps!

Timothy White
Timothy White
2,366 Points

Thanks! that worked