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**keithkiss** · 12-09-2011, 07:33 PM

Im new to PHP and Im getting this error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ',' or ';' in C:\wamp\www\php_sandbox\00800 strings_functions.php on line 24
This is line 24
Trim: <?php echo fourthString = $firstString . trim($secondString); ?> 

Thanks for any help

<html>
<head>
<title>Strings Functions</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$firstString="The quick brown fox";
$secondString=" jumped over the lazy dog.";
?>

<?php
$thirdString = $firstString;
$thirdString .= $secondString;
echo $thirdString;
?>

 
Lowercase: <?php echo strtolower($thirdString); ?> 
Uppercase: <?php echo strtoupper($thirdString); ?> 
Uppercase first-letter: <?php echo ucfirst($thirdString); ?> 
Uppercase words: <?php echo ucwords($thirdString); ?> 
 
Length: <?php echo strlen($thirdString); ?> 
Trim: <?php echo fourthString = $firstString . trim($secondString); ?> 
Find: <?php echo strstr($thirdString, "brown"); ?> 
Replace by string: <?php echo str_replace("quick", "super-fast",$thirdString); ?> 

</body>

</html>

**NullPointer** · 12-09-2011, 08:26 PM

There are a two things wrong with that line. The first is you forget the $ on fourthString. The second is that you are assigning a value and outputting that value in the same expression, which technically will work, but it's bad code.

Try:

PHP Code:


			
$fourthString = $firstString . trim($secondString);

echo $fourthString;

or skip the assignment all together and do:

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echo $firstString . trim($secondString);

**keithkiss** · 12-13-2011, 05:41 PM

found out my problems.... main problem is the PHP on the server was acting up... thanks