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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points
Posted by Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points

Why does it tell me that I'm not displaying the correct string?

The step specifically asks me to display the string with an \n at the end of the code. I tried concatinating the strings and I get an error. I've tried multiple ways but none of which work.

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = $firstName . ' ' . $lastName;
echo $fullName . ' ' . 'was the origin creator of PHP.' . "\n";
?>
Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points
Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points

It says I can't change the $lastname variable, and it needs a space between the string and the full name.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The instructions asked you to display "Rasmus Lerdorf was the original creator of PHP."

But it looks like you have "origin" instead of "origin‍al".

Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points
Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points

I just tried it and it worked lol