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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Operators

Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points
Posted by Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points

Can't seem to find what I did wrong in the exercise?

title

index.php 
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';

//add conditional statement
if($username && $role!='admin'){
  echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}

4 Answers

Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points
Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points

Your first solution was closer to the answer.

<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';

if(isset($username) && $role != 'admin') {
  //add conditional statement
  echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points
Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points

I got it to work! It was just the spacing... I didn't know spacing would matter that greatly.

Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points
Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points

Hi, you're almost there. Step one asks you to check "That a $username is set.", this is a clue that you should consider using the isset function (http://php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php).

Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points
Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points

Hi, thanks for the feedback. I already tried solving it with isset($username) but this doesn't seem to fix the problem. If i try to check the exercise I get feedback saying: Use the negation operator to check that $role is NOT EQUAL to "admin".

Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points
Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points

Hi, ensure you add spaces when using conditionals.

Change from this

$role!='admin'

to

$role != 'admin'
Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points
Michel Stroobants
Michel Stroobants
5,014 Points

Still no fix :(, maybe there's an error in the exercise itself?

<?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."; }

gives the same outcome