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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Switch Statements

Posted by Micah Walton
Micah Walton
4,674 Points

Quiz wont accept what should be the right answer.

Once again the quiz is being super picky I guess in ways that make it hard to pass these things. Haven't had any of this trouble except on the php quizes.

Anyway the quiz says "Bummer! I do not see the correct default output."

I have triple checked. I have not changed the default output. When I test it, the answer comes out right. So I'm not sure what the quiz wants.

switch.php 
<?php
//Available roles: admin, editor, author, subscriber
if (!isset($role)) {
    $role = 'subscriber';
}

//change to switch statement
switch ($role) {
  case admin:
    echo "As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post";
    break;
  default:
    echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
    break;
}

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

There are two issues in your solution:

  1. The word admin should be enclosed in quote marks since it is a string. In most languages not doing so would produce a fatal error. In PHP it is technically ok to leave them off because PHP is one of the very few languages that automatically converts unknown words into strings, but it is considered an extremely bad practice to do so. Since it makes it hard to distinguish between strings and variables while reading the code.

  2. You are missing a period at the end of the first string.

If you fix those issues like this:

<?php
//Available roles: admin, editor, author, subscriber
if (!isset($role)) {
    $role = 'subscriber';
}

//change to switch statement
switch ($role) {
  case 'admin':
    echo "As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post.";
    break;
  default:
    echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
    break;
}

Then your code will pass the task.

Micah Walton
Micah Walton
4,674 Points

Ok thank you.