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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Manpreet Singh
Manpreet Singh
13,014 Points

combining string

problem in combining two string

index.php
<?php
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullName = ".$firstName
$fullName .= $lastName";
//Place your code below this comment
echo $fullName;
?>

1 Answer

Hi Manpreet

You don't have to use . operator if you are using double quotes as value of the variable will be expanded.

Here is my solution :

//Place your code below this comment

$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullName = "$firstName $lastName "
echo $fullName;
?>```