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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Posted by Rachel Leder
Rachel Leder
408 Points

Why does this elicit a "syntax error, unexpected '$lastName' (T_VARIABLE), expecting ',' or ';' in index.php on line 6"?

These variable names are correct. Am I missing something?

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Ramsus';
echo $firstName
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
echo $lastName
?>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It looks like you forgot to put semicolons at the ends of your "echo" lines.

Also, you wrote "Ramsus" instead of "Rasmus".

Rachel Leder
Rachel Leder
408 Points
Rachel Leder
Rachel Leder
408 Points

Thank you, Steven.