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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Create a third string named 'fullName' that combines the $firstName and $lastName variable to make the string "Rasmus Le

Create a third string named 'fullName' that combines the $firstName and $lastName variable to make the string "Rasmus Lerdorf".Create a third string named 'fullName' that combines the $firstName and $lastName variable to make the string "Rasmus Lerdorf".

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

?>

2 Answers

Justin Roberts
Justin Roberts
14,583 Points

James Arroyo is correct, but I thought op might want an explanation.

With PHP if you want to use a variable inside of quotation marks you have to use double quotes, so one option would look like...

$fullName = "$firstName $lastName";

Or if you want to concatenate strings it would be like James said (don't forget to add the space in the middle). Period (.) is used for concatenation...

$fullName = $firstName . ' ' . $lastName;

$firstName = 'Rasmus'; $lastName = 'Lerdorf'; $fullName = $firstName . ' ' . $lastName;