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13,233 Points! Use the negation operator to check that $role is NOT EQUAL to "admin".
which negationa operator am i suppose to use
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
if(isset($username) && ($role!="admin")) {
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
2 Answers
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsThis challenge is being too picky about whitespace. Your answer is good and would otherwise pass the challenge but it specifically wants whitespace around the not-equal operator for readability/neatness.
if(isset($username) && $role != "admin") {
victorm
12,250 PointsBasically your if is saying.
If your username is defined and your role is not admin, show the error.
Probably you need to use the strict comparasion
$role !== "admin"
Cheers.