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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Posted by Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Not sure why it is not passing.

Not sure why this does not work.

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$firstName = "Lerdorf";
$fullname =  '$firstName   $firstName';
?>

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

There's supposed to be only one space between the $firstName and $lastName in the final $fullName string. However, you put three spaces. Since Challenges are super picky, you must remove two of the spaces.

~Alex

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Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

$fullname = $firstName $lastName; I have put this and it is still not passing.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You still need the quotes. It should look like this:

$fullname =  "$firstName $firstName";

Good luck! ~Alex

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12,382 Points

Hi Brian,

It does not pass because you are supposed to create two different variables - $firstName, with the value of "Rasmus", and $lastName, with the value of "Lerdorf". You created two of the same variable in the code you provided.

Then, you should create the variable $fullname and store both $firstName and $lastName in it in a way that, if you'd echo $fullname, it would display "Rasmus Lerdorf".

To do this, you have to concatenate. Below, you can see how that's done. 

$fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

I placed the full stops to concatenate $firstName and $lastName. The space between the two quotation marks (making that bit a string) is the space that needs to be displayed between "Rasmus" and "Lerdorf".

I hope this helps! :)

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Actually, you can put variable names in strings, as long as the string is using double quotes. Your way does work, but Brain's way also works. He just put too many spaces between the two variables in the string.