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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

benjamin sanchez
benjamin sanchez
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Posted by benjamin sanchez
benjamin sanchez
6,101 Points

PHP-basics-2 - $StudentOneGPA & $StudentTwoGPA - I don't understand what i'm doing wrong - the output seems alright.

For some reason it keeps telling me I have to display is 'using name variables' or something like that - i'm trying to make the $studentOneName variable = the output, but it still doesn't work! Any advice would be appreciated :)!

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

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

//Place your code below this comment

if($studentOneGPA === 4.0){
  $studentOneName = "$studentOneName made the Honor Role";
} else {
  $studentOneName = "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA";
}

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

echo $studentOneName;
echo $studentTwoName;




?>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! The biggest problem here is that you're overwriting their variables. You may not do that. Even if functional, it will cause the challenge to fail. So this line here:

 $studentOneName = "$studentOneName made the Honor Role";

should be a direct echo

echo "$studentOneName made the Honor Role";

Try it again without writing over their variable values. Hope this helps! :sparkles:

benjamin sanchez
benjamin sanchez
6,101 Points
benjamin sanchez
benjamin sanchez
6,101 Points

Thank you for your reply - I tried to do as you said - here is a snippet of the code I used

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";
}

But I keep getting this -> Bummer! Use the variables to display the message

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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benjamin sanchez you're correct! I forgot to point that out. For whatever reason, the triple equals will cause the challenge to fail (as will another bug). I sent in a bug report on Friday, so I hope it's fixed soon! I posted a working solution that you can view here.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

benjamin sanchez
benjamin sanchez
6,101 Points
benjamin sanchez
benjamin sanchez
6,101 Points

Thank you :D ! It was the '===' I too hope it is fixed soon. See you around o/