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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Compare

Peter Buckwalter
Peter Buckwalter
6,846 Points
Posted by Peter Buckwalter
Peter Buckwalter
6,846 Points

I don't understand why Hello "Alana, welcome to tree house" is the correct answer? $a = "Alana" not Treehouse.

$a = "Alena"; if ($a = "Treehouse") { echo "Hello Alena, "; } echo "Welcome to Treehouse!";

I could see why the answer could be "Welcome to Treehouse", but why is the Hello Alana being displayed. Is it because not else statement is being defined?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

The "if" expression contains an assignment ("=") instead of a comparison ("=="). And an assignment of a non-empty string is considered to be "truthy".

Often a typo or other error will cause a change in program behavior but no fatal error. It's good to practice spotting this kind of thing.