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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Datatypes Strings

Jonthue Michel
Jonthue Michel
1,462 Points

Web page not loading, php checker their is an error in parsing my code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset=utf-8>
    <title><?php echo $name ?> | Treehouse Profile</title>
    <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <section class="sidebar text-center">
      <div class="avatar">
        <img src="img/avatar.png" alt="<?php echo $name ?>">
      </div>
      <h1><?php echo $name ?></h1>
      <p><?php echo $location ?></p>
      <hr />
      <p>Welcome to PHP Basics!</p>
      <hr />
      <ul class="social">
        <li><a href=""><span class="icon twitter"></span></a></li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section class="main">

<pre><?php
    $greeting = "Hello, friends!";
    $greeting(1) = "J";
    $secondary_greeting = "How are you today";
    echo $greeting;
    echo $secondary_greeting;
 ?></pre>
 </section>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

luis betancourt
luis betancourt
1,236 Points

you cant have a variable with parenthesis:

$greeting(1) = "J";