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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Sechaba Motaung
Sechaba Motaung
1,602 Points
Posted by Sechaba Motaung
Sechaba Motaung
1,602 Points

Hi I am not quite sure what i am doing wrong here, i have tried correcting my result a few times. Please help

logic , students GPA

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 Honour Roll";
} else { echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA";}

if($studentTwoGPA == 4.0){
    echo "$studentTwoName has mase the Honour Roll";
} else {echo "$studentTwoName has a GPA of $studentTwoGPA"; }

2 Answers

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points 
<?php
//first I would ask you to indent the code properly, to increase readability
//you have to understand, how you mix variables with strings - you have done it wrong
//when combining, you gotta use the concatenation or dot operator 
//Place your code below this comment
//variables need not have to be surrounded with quotes
//last spelling mistakes, you gotta do just as per to the question, not to over do it
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; 
}
Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony
19,952 Points

If you put the variable name inside double quotes it will evaluate the variable and concatenate it, which makes it much more readable.

"$studentTwoName made the Honor Roll" will work.

Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony
19,952 Points
Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony
19,952 Points

You have to get the language of the output exactly right:

NAME made the Honor Roll.

You say "NAME has made the Honour Roll" in the first case and "NAME has mase the Honour Roll"

you have an extra "has" in each case and you have misspelled "made" in the second case.