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jonny black
279 PointsI cannot figure out what I am doing / why i am getting no output
unsure what i am doing wrong here to not be getting an output
<?php
//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullName = "$firstName $lastName";
$string_one = ' was the original creator of PHP';
$string_one = ' $fullName' . $string_one;
?>
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there, jonny black! Remember that double quotes are used when you need the value of a variable as a part of the string. If you had tried to display the value of $string_one to the console right now, it would display:
$fullName was the original creator or PHP
Literally, it would look just like that without a new line character, period, but most importantly, instead of "Rasmus Lerdorf" in place of $fullName it would say the variable name "$fullName" which isn't what we're after.
First, you will need double quotes so that it gives the value stored in $fullName instead of the string "$fullName". Secondly, you need to echo the string to display it. Finally, the string should end with a period/full stop and a new line character.
This is the line you're looking for:
echo "$fullName was the original creator of PHP.\n";
Hope this helps!
