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Thomas Hodek
1,913 PointsWhat's wrong with my code? (basic php challenge)
It keeps saying task 1 is incorrect but i already passed it. Can someone help?
<?php
//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = "$firstName $lastName";
echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP"\n;
?>
2 Answers
Umesh Ravji
42,386 PointsHi Thomas, usually when you already passed a challenge, and then in the future it says a previous challenge isn't passing anymore, it usually means that something in your code is actually causing an error (preventing it from running correctly).
<?php
echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP"\n;
The \n is outside of the the string quotes, giving you an error (you can go click on preview to see the error): PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '\' (T_NS_SEPARATOR), expecting ',' or ';' in index.php on line 7 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '\' (T_NS_SEPARATOR), expecting ',' or ';' in index.php on line 7 Errors parsing index.php
I'm sure you can fix this, but here it is if anyone ever comes across this in the future :)
<?php
echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP\n";
Thomas Hodek
1,913 PointsHi Umesh,
Thanks so much for your answer, it did work! :))
I'm glad i wasn't too far a way from the correct solution.