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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Michael Bennett
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Michael Bennett
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Posted by Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett
Courses Plus Student 808 Points

Help with "if" statement.

When I preview my code it displays the correct results, but for some reason when I "check my work" I keep failing and getting this statement.

"You need to check that $studentOneGPA is equal to 4.0"

I'm stuck and can't seem to figure this out.

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" . "\n";
}
else {
  echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA" . "\n";
}

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

?>

2 Answers

Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
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Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

if ($studentOneGPA == '4.0') You are compairing float with string. 4.0 is not equal to '4.0'

remove those single quotes.

Michael Bennett
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Michael Bennett
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Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett
Courses Plus Student 808 Points

Thank you so much. That was it. It's the little things that I keep over thinking.