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

Posted by Sigurður Magnússon
Sigurður Magnússon
8,544 Points

Not working right

this is not working right

index.php 
<?php

$name = "Mike";

?>
<html>

  <h2><?php echo $name ?></h2>


  </html>

3 Answers

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points
Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi Sigurður,

Looks like the compiler is expecting the echo statement to be in the same php block (also, since the challenge didn't ask for any HTML, you don't have to worry about adding HTML tags to your answer.)

<?php

$name = "Mike";
echo $name

?>

Hope this helps!

Jake Shasteen
Jake Shasteen
15,985 Points
Jake Shasteen
Jake Shasteen
15,985 Points

When you say "This isn't working right," what exactly is going wrong with it?

Do you just get a blank white screen?

Does viewing the source show your <h2> tags but empty?

Ted Sumner
PLUS
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

CJ is exactly right. You put way more in than the challenge asked for. There is nothing wrong with your code and is how you would really code. It is just not what the challenge asked for.