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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Volker Rohde
Volker Rohde
2,162 Points
Posted by Volker Rohde
Volker Rohde
2,162 Points

I do not know, why this is a Bummer. The output is as expected.

The Bummer asks me to check that studentOneGPA is equal to 4.0. As far as I understand, I do that. What is wrong with that code? (I am just learning PHP and this is the Basics course. Certainly, there are more elegant ways to do that. But I need to solve that task using "if" and "else").

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";
}


?>

1 Answer

Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points
Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points

Your first conditional statement is correct. You just need to do the same thing with the second conditional statement.

<?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";
}
?>

It's also important to note that you are adding quotes around the GPA value in the IF statement. In the variable declaration, the GPA is a float, but by adding quotes you are asking to match the value against a string. For example, if($studentOneGPA == '4.0') would actually be checking if(3.8 == '4.0'), where 3.8 is a float and '4.0' is a string.