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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

PHP Basics, String Manipulation Quiz - Error

can anyone advise what I'm doing wrong here... I seem to be missing something.

index.php
<?php

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

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

echo $fullName;
?>
Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points

Hi James,

You don't need to put quote marks around $firstName and $lastName in your $fullName variable. You obviously still need the space, though, so the correct way to go would be as follows...

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

Do you understand? Please let me know if you have any questions!

1 Answer

Hey there,

I'm not sure you'd want the whole string to be stored in $fullName variable, it's just good for nothing. try rather to maintain the $fullName variable stick to what its name indicates, a fullName !

<?php

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

$fullName = "$firstName $lastName"; 

echo "$fullName was the original creator of PHP\n.";  
?>