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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Operators

Posted by Nobody Tebulo
Nobody Tebulo
13,233 Points

! Use the negation operator to check that $role is NOT EQUAL to "admin".

which negationa operator am i suppose to use

index.php 
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';

//add conditional statement
if(isset($username) && ($role!="admin")) { 
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

This challenge is being too picky about whitespace. Your answer is good and would otherwise pass the challenge but it specifically wants whitespace around the not-equal operator for readability/neatness.

if(isset($username) && $role != "admin") {
victorm
victorm
12,250 Points
victorm
victorm
12,250 Points

Basically your if is saying.

If your username is defined and your role is not admin, show the error.

Probably you need to use the strict comparasion 

$role !== "admin"

Cheers.