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Daniel Schwemmlein
4,960 Pointsalways gives me an error when I try to create my if statement
It asks me to create a variable called $name and set it equal to 'Mike', easy enough. Then it asks me to create an if statement to test if the string for the variable is really mike. So I put if ( $name == 'Mike' ) { echo "my name is mike";} Always marks it as wrong. Any ideas anyone?
6 Answers
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsDaniel,
Pretty sure that code challenge is broken. A few people were trying to get past that same question this weekend and nobody could seem to get it to work. I tried, too, to no avail. Not sure who to send this issue to, though.
Your syntax looks correct. :)
Edit: Just contacted Treehouse about the apparent bug. Will let you know if I hear back.
William LaMorie
11,769 PointsAs Shawn said, this has been asked a lot: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/whats-wrong-with-my-if-statement
https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/stage-5-php-conditionals-loops-code-challenge-is-broken
https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/code-challenge-23-php-conditionals
and perhaps more.
Adam Little
6,735 PointsSometimes Treehouse wants to the spelling of strings such as "My name is Mike" to match exactly, including capitalization and punctuation.
Did you make sure your string matches exactly?
William LaMorie
11,769 PointsThe Treehouse instructions ask for nothing other then checking the conditional in an if statement, they don't want anything echoed out, and the variable they want has to be checked for the previous step.
I received an email from Treehouse today saying this had been fixed, checked, and it has not been. Not a big deal, as it's not a part of a course track, but I hope it gets resolved soon.
Dillon Kavanagh
14,296 PointsHas this issue been resolved, tried about a 10 variations.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsIt still seems to be down.
William LaMorie
11,769 Pointsthis has been fixed at this time! =)
Ruud Salym Erie
7,926 PointsHow so?
I'm still having trouble with it! :/
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsRuud,
It was working last I checked. If you post your code I'll be happy to take a look.
Mathew Thomas
15,368 PointsIt's still not working. Thought I was going mad!
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsMatthew,
I just checked it out and it seems to be working fine now. Which task is giving you trouble?
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsShawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsAlready got an email back from Treehouse support (they're quick!):
"Thanks for contacting us about this. We're aware of this and it's being investigated. A fix should be rolled out by the end of the day. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you!"