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PHP

Posted by Aaron Boyse
Aaron Boyse
Courses Plus Student 1,924 Points

Conditionals in PHP

I have this code here:

[code] <?php $studentOneName = 'Dave'; $studentOneGPA = 3.8;

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

//Place your code below this comment

?> [/code]

I am trying to create a if/else statement in PHP to check if the student has a GPA of 4.0 or not.

My question is, do I need to create a third student variable to check this?

1 Answer

Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points
Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points

First Markdown your code : https://teamtreehouse.com/library/markdown-basics

In your case, boolean statements should work fine (No need for extra var - but it's better to store GPA = 4.0 in a variable).

Example

NOTE: This code is very minimal - In the future, you can add loops throw array of students, output messages for each student, create functions, and so on - and get more modular code - follow treehouse tracks)

<?php

$GPA = 4.0; 
$studentOneName = 'Dave'; 
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;

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

if($GPA === $studentTwoGPA){
 echo  'Well done';
}
else{
 echo 'keep learning';
}