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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

Posted by Marwan Bakr
Marwan Bakr
7,579 Points

What's wrong here?

When I click Preview, it outputs exactly what the instructions say it's supposed to output, but when I check work it says I forgot the echo command.

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$today = "Today is " . date('F d, Y');
echo "$today";


?>

1 Answer

Daniel Stopka
Daniel Stopka
13,520 Points
Daniel Stopka
Daniel Stopka
13,520 Points

Hi,

I assume, that it wants cleaner code. To be more precise, if you are echoing a single variable, it is not necessary to be inside double quotes although the variables inside double quotes are expanded... so try:

echo $today;
Marwan Bakr
Marwan Bakr
7,579 Points

It still says that I forgot the echo command.

Daniel Stopka
Daniel Stopka
13,520 Points
Daniel Stopka
Daniel Stopka
13,520 Points

ahh yeah, I reviewed it, and we need to do exactly what is asked in instructions... do not delete the first line and write code to display the rest... So at first line you have "Today is " that continue and echo just the date and you should be fine...

<?php
echo 'Today is ';
//Place your code below this comment
echo date('F d, Y');
?>