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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Kevin Tucker
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Kevin Tucker
Courses Plus Student 5,438 Points
Posted by Kevin Tucker
Kevin Tucker
Courses Plus Student 5,438 Points

Create a third variable named fullName that combines the $firstName and $lastName variables.. challenge 2

Hi guys,

I am not entirely sure where i have gone wrong in this code challenge, i have looked at the other questions and they seem to have the same good. any advice would be great.

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment

$firstName = "Rasmus ";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";

$fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

?>
Brian DuPont
Brian DuPont
30,448 Points
Brian DuPont
Brian DuPont
30,448 Points

What if you remove the extra space on the end of $firstName like, $firstName = "Rasmus";

1 Answer

Ameer baddar
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Ameer baddar
Courses Plus Student 582 Points
Ameer baddar
Ameer baddar
Courses Plus Student 582 Points

Hey, You just need to remove the extra space after "Rasmus", and also no need of the extra space around the "." of concatenation. smthg like this :

$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";

echo $firstName." ".$lastName;