[RESOLVED] Putting two variables together with space

[genista]

Hi all,

This (hopefully) should be very simple.

I need to combine $first_name and $last_name into $full_name.

Currently I have $full_name = $first_name.$last_name;

However I need a space between first and last names, how do I add one?

Thanks,

G

[bakerng]

Simply do

$full_name = $first_name." ".$last_name;

[NogDog]

Just FYI, while bakerng's solution is probably the most efficient with regards to processing speed, you have a few other options, including:

$full_name = "$first_name $last_name"; // must be double-quotes, not single

$full_name = <<<END
$first_name $last_name
END;

$full_name = sprintf("%s %s", $first_name, $last_name);

[halojoy]

<?php
// a function that can be a complement to this
//is ucfirst()
//if string is only lowercase chars, First char becomes Upper and rest of string lower
//like this:

$first_name = 'jOhNNy';
$last_name = 'LETTERMAN';

//first we make sure all characters are lower using:  strtolower()
//then we make first char Capitalized
$full_name = ucfirst( strtolower( $first_name )) . ' ' . ucfirst( strtolower( $last_name ));

echo $full_name; //will produce: Johnny Letterman

?>

Manual: [man]ucfirst[/man] ( Upper Character FIRST = ucfirst )

🙂

[genista]

Perfect, thanks everybody, now which one to use?.....