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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program True PHP

Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
4,175 Points
Posted by Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
4,175 Points

Output is correct, why isn't the code seeing the $isIdentical variable?

Lemme know.

index.php 
<?php
$a = 5;
$isIdentical = "";
//Place your code below this comment
$isBoolean = true;
$isIdentical = var_dump($a === "5");
?>
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
4,175 Points
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam
4,175 Points

Took out var_dump, it worked. Program wasn't comprehending it right even tho it is right.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

The instrucdtions ask you to assign the result of the comparison to the variable, but this code assigns the result of calling "var_dump" on the comparison instead. And "var_dump" is a void function, meaning it does not return anything.