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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Adding Search: Model Using stripos: Starts with C

Posted by Sara Escribens
Sara Escribens
Courses Plus Student 10,371 Points

I change $var2 variable but it does not work. Error message : "It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing"

I change $var2 variable but it does not work. Error message : "It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing"

index.php 
<?php

    $var1 = "Cookie Dough";
    $var2 = "Chocolate";
    $initial = "C";

    if (stripos($var1,$initial) != 0 && stripos($var2,$initial) != 0) {

        echo $var1 . " and " . $var2 . " both start with " . $initial . ".";

    } else {

        echo "Either " . $var1 . " or " . $var2 . " doesn't start with " . $initial . "; maybe neither of them do.";

    }

?>

2 Answers

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Sara,

The issue is with your first answer, you have 

if (stripos($var1,$initial) != 0 && stripos($var2,$initial) != 0)

but you should have

if (stripos($var1,$initial) === 0 && stripos($var2,$initial) === 0)

You need to use triple equals to ensure it evaluates to false. Read more about it here under return values.

After you make this change, your second answer will work.

Adam Young
Adam Young
15,791 Points
Adam Young
Adam Young
15,791 Points

The challenge wants you to evaluate your if conditions using an operator that compares TYPE . stripos returns a boolean false, which equates to 0, if a character isn't found in the expected position.