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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Nicholas Chetto
Nicholas Chetto
4,221 Points
Posted by Nicholas Chetto
Nicholas Chetto
4,221 Points

Am I doing this right? if not can someone help me thank you!

1) Use the $fullName variable 2) Display the following string to the screen. Rasmus Lerdorf was the original creator of PHP. 3) Use an escape character to add a newline to the end of the string.

index.php 
<?php

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

$fullName .= $firstName . " " . $lastName "was the original creator of PHP.\n";
?>

1 Answer

Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,483 Points
Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,483 Points

You did not have a space between the $lastName variable and the next piece of string. $fullName .= $firstName . " " . $lastName " was the original creator of PHP.\n";