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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Operators

Raslan Ismail
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Points

i don't know why my code is not working it is working in my editor

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

//add conditional statement
  if($username=true&&$role!="admin"){
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
  }
Raslan Ismail
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Points

Ok, now i anderstand . Thank you very much

3 Answers

Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,483 Points

A single = is an assignment operator. You are looking for ==, which is a comparison operator.

Raslan Ismail
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Points

!= is a comparison operator . ist a negation operator

Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,483 Points

Raslan Ismail re-read my answer.

Your code:

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

You are setting $username to true. Not comparing if it is true. Use '=='

Raslan Ismail
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Points

it still not working i become this messange "Use the negation operator to check that $role is NOT EQUAL to "admin"."