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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Posted by Kelly Carpenter
Kelly Carpenter
2,185 Points

Code is not checking variables properly

I keep getting an error message that states "You need to check that StudentOne has a GPA of 4.0. From what I can see and understand of my code, I am doing that. help! :)

index.php 
<?php
$studentOneName = 'Dave';
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;

$studentTwoName = 'Treasure';
$studentTwoGPA = 4.0;

//Place your code below this comment
if ($studentOneGPA == '4.0') {
  echo "$studentOneName made the Honor Role " ;
}
else {
  echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA " ;
}

if ($studentTwoGPA == '4.0') {
  echo "$studentTwoName made the Honor Role" ;
}
else {
  echo "$studentTwoName has a GPA of $studentTwoGPA" ;
}
?>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! While I'm of the opinion that this code would probably work in a browser as the conditional is checking for equals to and not identical to, it's not going to pass the challenge this way. They want you to check that the grade is 4.0 as a float. Not 4.0 as a string. Try removing the quote marks around the 4.0 in your conditionals.

Good luck! :sparkles: