PHP: Variables and concatenation
Let's try concatenating variables so that we can reinforce the previous topic a little. The syntax is still the same, we know how to concatenate (combine) two strings:
<?php
$what = "Kings" . "road";
print_r($what); // => "Kingsroad"
… which means we can concatenate the string and the variable that the string has been written to:
<?php
$first = "Kings";
$what = $first . "road";
print_r($what); // => "Kingsroad"
… and even concatenate two variables with strings in them:
<?php
$first = "Kings";
$last = 'road';
$what = $first . $last;
print_r($what); // => "Kingsroad"
Instructions
Websites are constantly sending emails to their users. One common task is to automatically send a personalized email with the user's name in the header. If you store a person's name as a string somewhere in a website database, the task of generating the header boils down to concatenation. For instance, you have to concatenate the string Hello with a string containing their name.
Write a program that'll create a header and a body of the email using ready-made variables and print the resulting strings.
For the header, use the $firstName and $greeting variables for the, and a comma and exclamation point. Print it in the correct order.
Use the variables $info and $intro for the body of the email, with the second sentence on a new line.
The result should look like this:
Hello, Joffrey! Here is important information about your account security. We couldn't verify you mother's maiden name.
Try and do it using just two print_r() statements.
Tips
Consider how you should concatenate the variables (Which string? What order?) to get the two-line output of the email body.
Remember that you can create a string containing only the escape sequence
\n.
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Your exercise will be checked with these tests:
1<?php // phpcs:ignore PSR1.Files.SideEffects
2
3namespace HexletBasics\Variables\Concatenation;
4
5use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
6
7\HexletBasics\Functions\runScript();
8
9class Test extends TestCase
10{
11 public function test()
12 {
13 $expected = <<<HERE
14Hello, Joffrey!
15Here is important information about your account security.
16We couldn't verify you mother's maiden name.
17HERE;
18
19 $this->expectOutputString($expected);
20 require 'index.php';
21 }
22}
23Teacher's solution will be available in:
