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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Conditionals & Loops Conditionals Challenge

Posted by Imran Ramzan
Imran Ramzan
2,784 Points

If and echo

If $name equals Mike then echo 'Hi, I am Mike!'

<?php
$name = "Mike";
if ($name == 'Mike'){ 
    echo 'Hi, I am Mike!'
};
?>

Wrong?

3 Answers

Ali Hamra
Ali Hamra
1,386 Points
Ali Hamra
Ali Hamra
1,386 Points 
<?php
$name = "Mike";
 if ($name == "Mike")
{ 
echo "Hi, I am Mike !";
}
?>

Make sure semicolon is placed at the end of echo statement

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Ali, just tried you code in the code challenge and it failed. You need to remove the space between "Mike" and the exclamation point for it to pass.

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

From what I see, what you typed seems to be good. However I did the exercise and It worked with it.

<?php

$name = 'Mike';

if($name == 'Mike'){
  echo  "Hi, I am Mike!";
}

?>
Ali Hamra
Ali Hamra
1,386 Points
Ali Hamra
Ali Hamra
1,386 Points

Nope he typed the echo statement in a wrong way. He forgot to place the semicolon at the end of it and also removing the semicolon after the curly brackets.

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

You right, well spotted, I marked your answer as best answer.