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

Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points
Posted by Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points

Not passing Challenge Task 2 in PHP Variables

The challenge says to echo Mike's name. Not sure what I'm missing.

index.php 
<?php

$name = "Mike";

?>

<p><?php echo $name ?></p>

1 Answer

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Karalyn,

There are two issues here: 1) You're missing your semi-colon after the $name variable in your echo statement, 2) This task wants you to echo that variable in the same PHP code block, it doesn't want you to create a paragraph element and echo it there. Just write your echo statement immediately beneath your variable declaration (don't forget to close the line with a semi-colo!) and you should be good to go!

Erik

Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points
Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points

Thanks Erik, I had previously tried doing the echo in the same block but maybe I forgot the semicolon the first time. Passing challenge now!