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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Switch Statements

Dylan Ryan
Dylan Ryan
4,855 Points
Posted by Dylan Ryan
Dylan Ryan
4,855 Points

PHP Arrays and Control Structures - Broken Tasks

During the final step, when you are told to add a case for 'editor' and 'author' inside the switch: case, it is not registering 'editor'.

switch.php 
<?php
if (!isset($role)) {
    $role = 'subscriber';
}


switch($role){
  case 'admin': echo "As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post.";
    break;

  case 'author' : echo 'As an author, you can add, edit, or delete your own post';
    break;

  case 'editor' : echo 'As an editor, you can add or edit any post, and delete your own posts';
    break;

  default : echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";

}

?>
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points

Do not see anything wrong in it, could you try editor and then author, as the question ask for editor and author.

BTW, do not mix the quotes, case 1 echo is with "", case 2 echo is with ''

Dylan Ryan
Dylan Ryan
4,855 Points
Dylan Ryan
Dylan Ryan
4,855 Points 
<?php
//Available roles: admin, editor, author, subscriber
if (!isset($role)) {
    $role = 'subscriber';
}

switch($role){
  case 'admin': echo 'As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post.';
    break;

  case 'editor' : echo 'As an editor, you can add or edit any post, and delete your own posts';
    break;

  case 'author' : echo 'As an author, you can add, edit, or delete your own post';
    break;

  default : echo 'You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.';

}

?>

Tried that. Also to clarify - I am receiving the error : Bummer! I do not see a case for editor.

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! There are a couple of things going on here. The space between the case and the colon is causing the challenge to fail. You've written case 'editor' : , but it wants to see case 'editor': without the space. This is present in 3 out of 4 of the case statements. Also, each one of the strings should end with a full stop/period, but two of your strings are missing this.

I think you can get it with these hints, but let me know if you're still stuck! :sparkles:

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points

nothing wrong with the code, I guess, you gotta be exact on what is been printed and the other thing,

for the echo statements, editor and author, make sure finish with a full stop

other thing is, make sure, you are removing additional space for editor and author just before colon

case 'editor' : echo 'As an editor, you can add or edit any post, and delete your own posts';
    break;

  case 'author' : echo 'As an author, you can add, edit, or delete your own post';
    break;