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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Gregory Dehaney
Gregory Dehaney
3,901 Points
Posted by Gregory Dehaney
Gregory Dehaney
3,901 Points

Why isn't this code echo $fullname . "\n"; solving the problem?

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'

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName ='Rasmus';
$lastName ='Lerdorf';
$fullname = $firstName .' '. $lastName;
echo $fullname . "\n" ;



?>

2 Answers

Michael Guay
Michael Guay
5,297 Points
Michael Guay
Michael Guay
5,297 Points

You are just echoing the name "Rasmus Lerdorf" and not the full string that the exercise requires.

Try:

<?php
$firstName ='Rasmus';
$lastName ='Lerdorf';
$fullname = $firstName .' '. $lastName;
echo $fullname . " was the original creator of PHP" . "\n" ;
?>
Gregory Dehaney
Gregory Dehaney
3,901 Points
Gregory Dehaney
Gregory Dehaney
3,901 Points

Thanks Michael. That code actually work.