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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Nick Tsamis
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Nick Tsamis
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Posted by Nick Tsamis
Nick Tsamis
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where is the error in my code?

where is the error?

thanks:)

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";

 $fullname = $firstName." ".$lastName. "was the original creator of PHP ";

?>

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! You seem to have misinterpreted the last step of the challenge. You made the first name and last name then combined them into a $fullName. So far, so good. Now it wants you to use the $fullName inside of an echo statement to echo out that string. Also, it will require a newline character at the end as per the challenge instructions. However, you have assigned the entire string to the variable $fullName instead of echoing out that string.

I believe you can get it with these hints, but let me know if you're still stuck! :sparkles:

Nick Tsamis
Nick Tsamis
Courses Plus Student 4,267 Points
Nick Tsamis
Nick Tsamis
Courses Plus Student 4,267 Points

its so simple but I stuck :)........LOL hahhah

Jennifer Nordell
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I really wish I knew what you were stuck on :) But here is my solution:

<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";

$fullname = $firstName." ".$lastName;
echo "$fullname was the original creator of PHP\n";

?>

Now the first two parts you did just fine. It's the third part that's tripping you up somehow. We create an echo statement and then echo out the value stored in fullname together with was the original creator of PHP. At the very end we conclude the echo with the newline character.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Nick Tsamis
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Nick Tsamis
Courses Plus Student 4,267 Points
Nick Tsamis
Nick Tsamis
Courses Plus Student 4,267 Points

ok that's is the right solution :) thank you very much Jennifer :)!!!!!