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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Building a Media Library in PHP Variables and Conditionals

Posted by true jink
true jink
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How do you check on conditional statement if one value of a variable is equal to a required value of one of the variable

How do you check on conditional statement if one value of a variable is equal to a required value of one of the variable?

index.php 
<?php
$flavor = "vanilla";

echo"<p>Your favorite flavor of ice cream is  ";
echo $flavor;
echo ".</p>";
echo "<p>Hal's favorite flavor is cookie dough, also!</p>";


?>

1 Answer

Jesse Rushlow
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Jesse Rushlow
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Jesse Rushlow
Jesse Rushlow
Courses Plus Student 2,828 Points

You would use an if statement.

I.e.

$foo = 1
$bar = 1

if($foo = = $bar){
 echo "Foo and Bar are the same";
}

Check http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php for the correct comparison operator to use.