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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Reginald Beneke
PLUS
Reginald Beneke
Courses Plus Student 4,282 Points
Posted by Reginald Beneke
Reginald Beneke
Courses Plus Student 4,282 Points

PHP task query

Hi, so here is my task.

  • Use the $fullname variable to display the following string to the screen. Use an escape character to add a newline to the end of the string. 'Rasmus Lerdorf was the original creator of PHP'.

And here is my answer:

<?php

$firstName = 'Rasmus'; $lastName = 'Lerdorf'; $fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName ; $fullname .= " was the original creator of PHP" ; ?>

My problem is that it says task number 2 is no longer passing. But the instruction is to use the $fullname variable.

If someone can help me in this regard, that would be great.

Thanks in advance,

Kind regards, Reg.

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = $firstName . " " . $lastName ;
$fullname .= " was the original creator of PHP" ;
?>

1 Answer

Mike Wagner
Mike Wagner
23,559 Points

It only wants you to "use" the variable to display the string, but not modify it. By modifying it, $fullname no longer passes the previous challenge, which is what your issue is. Instead, just display your concatenation without actually reassigning the variable and you should be good :)

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points

last line should be like

<?php
echo $fullname." was the original creator of PHP" ;
?>