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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Switch Statements

Posted by Bruce Migeri
Bruce Migeri
2,675 Points

Switch statements PHP Where am I going wrong

Challenge Task 1 of 2

In the code provided, there is an if statement that displays a message IF the user role is not equal to "admin". We want to display separate messages based on the role of the logged in user. First we're going to add a message for our admin and keep the current message as the default. Change the if statement to a switch statement, keeping the current message as the default. Add a check for the role of "admin" and display the following message: As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post. Bummer! I do not see the correct default output.

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

//change to switch statement
$role = 'admin';
switch ($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;
}
?>
Ben Payne
Ben Payne
1,464 Points

You're setting $role to 'admin' right before the switch statement. Is that intended?

Andrew Cato
Andrew Cato
4,263 Points
Andrew Cato
Andrew Cato
4,263 Points

You're setting the role to admin every time this code executes.

If you remove the $role = 'admin'; line before your switch statement and this should execute properly. 

<?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;
}
?>
Bruce Migeri
Bruce Migeri
2,675 Points

If I remove the $role = 'admin' line I get this error message: ** Bummer! I do not see the correct output for admin. Did you leave off a "break"?**

Guek Chong Goh
Guek Chong Goh
Courses Plus Student 2,842 Points

Why i follow exactly above answer, still come out message : Bummer! I do not see the correct output for admin. Did you leave off a "break"?

2 Answers

Colten Van Tussenbrook
Colten Van Tussenbrook
3,589 Points
Colten Van Tussenbrook
Colten Van Tussenbrook
3,589 Points

Any chance there's a bug here? I'm having the same issue and I'm 99% sure our code is correct. Or maybe there's something in the instructions that isn't clear?

Nikola Horváth Klubertová
Nikola Horváth Klubertová
524 Points
Nikola Horváth Klubertová
Nikola Horváth Klubertová
524 Points

Yes, dot after post is missing:

<?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; }