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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Andre Heath
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Andre Heath
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Posted by Andre Heath
Andre Heath
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What am i doing wrong in comparing these?

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

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

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

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

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 has made the Honor Roll";
}else{
  echo "$studentOneName has a $studentOneGPA of 4.0";
     }

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

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
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Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Try changing "$studentOneName has a $studentOneGPA of 4.0" and "$studentTwoName has a $studentTwoGPA of 4.0" to "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA" and "$studentTwoName has a GPA of $studentTwoGPA".

Good Luck, Alex

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! Would it be comforting to know that there's nothing wrong with your comparisons? It's the strings that you're echoing out that are incorrect.

Read carefully the instructions about how the strings are to be formatted. These must match exactly. Here's a few hints:

  • you've written "has made" where they want just "made"
  • The honor roll message only prints out when the GPA is 4.0 thus, if the honor roll message hasn't printed out the GPA wasn't 4.0, it was something else
  • In the first scenario it should print out "Dave has a GPA of 3.8"
  • Check the preview to see what is being printed out

Hope these hints help! :sparkles: