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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Posted by Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,818 Points

The Error message is telling me Use the variables to display the message... I'm using the "echo" keyword. What's wrong??

Please help me figure out what I missed here.

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 Roll';
}else{
  echo  $StudentOneName . ' has a GPA of ' . $StudentOneGPA ;
}

if($studentTwoGPA === 4.0){
    echo $StudentTwoName . ' made the Honor Roll';
}else{
  echo $StudentTwoName . ' has a GPA of ' . $StudentTwoGPA ;
}

?>
Alex Motter
Alex Motter
2,266 Points
Alex Motter
Alex Motter
2,266 Points

It looks like your main problem is your use of capitalization. $studentTwoName != $StudentTwoName, in other words, your variables are not matching up. Remove the capital S from all of your varibles.

Also, it may be possible that you do not need to use ===, only == should work as well.

<?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 Roll';
} else {
  echo  $studentOneName . ' has a GPA of ' . $studentOneGPA ;
}

if ($studentTwoGPA == 4.0) {
    echo $studentTwoName . ' made the Honor Roll';
} else{
  echo $studentTwoName . ' has a GPA of ' . $studentTwoGPA ;
}

?>

2 Answers

Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,818 Points

nevermind I figured it out thanks Alex!

Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,818 Points
Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,818 Points

So I corrected my variables and changed my operator to == and now the error message is saying "INCORRECT OUTPUT" Help!