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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Operators

Zachary French
Zachary French
1,081 Points
Posted by Zachary French
Zachary French
1,081 Points

I wrote the conditional statement. It shows it working properly in the preview, but says incorrect. Not sure why.

The two requirements for the statement: That a $username is set. The users $role is NOT admin

my conditional state

if ($username && $role != 'admin'){ ..... }

As far as I can tell, it should work and satisfy both requirements.

index.php 
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
if (($username) && $role !='admin') {


//add conditional statement
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administratior.";
}

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Zachary,

This challenge seems to require a specific format on the code.

I added a space after != and it passed.

So nothing wrong with your code.

The challenge doesn't require it but a better way to check if the variable is set is to use the issset() function.

isset($username)