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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Harry Guloien
Harry Guloien
1,916 Points
Posted by Harry Guloien
Harry Guloien
1,916 Points

it says I need to create separate IF statements for each student but I have very clearly done that...whats wrong?

whats wrong here. the questiuon if a but conjfusing

index.php 
<?php
$studentOneName = 'Dave';
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;

$studentTwoName = 'Treasure';
$studentTwoGPA = 4.0;

//Place your code below this comment
if ($studentOneGPA == 4.0) {
    echo $studentOneName + ' made Honor Roll';
} elseif ($studentOneGPA != 4.0){
    echo $studentOneName + ' has a GPA of ' + $studentOneGPA;
}

if ($studentTwoGPA == 4.0) {
    echo $studentTwoName + ' made Honor Roll';
} elseif ($studentTwoGPA != 4.0) {
    echo $studentTwoName + ' has a GPA of ' + $studentTwoGPA;
}
?>

1 Answer

jb30
jb30
44,669 Points
jb30
jb30
44,669 Points

To combine strings in PHP, use . instead of +

' made Honor Roll' should be ' made the Honor Roll'

The challenge is expecting two else blocks rather than two elseif blocks.