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PHP PHP Basics Unit Converter Manipulating Numbers

Multiply $integerOne by $floatOne and display the results. - what did i do wrong?

I think im getting the correct answer back yet Im getting an error

index.php
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$integerOne = 1;
var_dump($integerOne);
$integerOne = $integerOne + 5;
var_dump($integerOne);

$integerTwo = 2;
var_dump($integerTwo);
$integerTwo = $integerTwo - 1;
var_dump($integerTwo);

$floatOne = 1.5;

echo ($integerOne * $floatOne);
?>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,186 Points

You should have seen this message: "Bummer: Make sure you use "echo" instead of "var_dump"".

All those "var_dump" statements are not in the instructions, and the challenge thinks you are using the wrong method to output the value it did ask for. Just remove those and you'll pass.