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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Mohamed Abdi Kamal
Mohamed Abdi Kamal
1,395 Points

How can I concatenate the two names

Ive used the + sign but it only joins the two names without a space

index.php 
<?php

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

$fullName = $firstName . $lastName .;
?>

2 Answers

philippulbrich
philippulbrich
11,975 Points
philippulbrich
philippulbrich
11,975 Points

Hi Mohamed,

That's almost true. Delete the dot at the end before the semicolon. Otherwise your code is correct. But you have to add space between the two names, otherwise they would just stand next to each other. Add space like this 

 . " " .

I hope I could help you out.

<?php

$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName = "Lerdorf";
$fullName = $firstName . " " . $lastName;
?>
Mohamed Abdi Kamal
Mohamed Abdi Kamal
1,395 Points
Mohamed Abdi Kamal
Mohamed Abdi Kamal
1,395 Points

Thanks Philipp it worked perfectly