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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Switch Statements

Domokos Mónika Amália
Domokos Mónika Amália
1,922 Points
Posted by Domokos Mónika Amália
Domokos Mónika Amália
1,922 Points

PHP defoult output

I try to make the last test in "switch statements" curse , but I have an error message: " I do not see the correct default output". Can someone please told me what exactly the test want?

switch.php 
<?php
//Available roles: admin, editor, author, subscriber
if (!isset($role)) {
    $role = 'subscriber';
}

//change to switch statement
switch($role){
    case $role='admin' :
      echo "As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post.";
        break;
  default:
      echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
        break;
}

 /*   case $role !='admin':
      echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
        break;*/   
?>

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You don't need $role === in $role === 'admin' because you are already specifying that you are focusing on the $role variable on this line:

switch ($role) {

So, you need to write:

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

//change to switch statement
switch($role){
  case 'admin':
      echo "As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post.";
      break;
  default:
      echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
      break;
}

?>

As you see, I removed the $role === part. We already told PHP we want to focus on the $role variable, so we should omit the $role === part.

I hope this helps ~Alex

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