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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Posted by Alexandru Muntean
Alexandru Muntean
8,332 Points

Why is my answer accepted? It's outputting the correct results

Am I missing something?

Alexandru Muntean
Alexandru Muntean
8,332 Points 
<?php
$studentOneName = 'Dave';
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;

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

//Place your code below this comment
function isGPA($name, $gpa) {
  if($gpa === 4.0) {
    return "$name made the Honore Roll\n";
  } else {
    return "$name has a GPA of $gpa\n";
  }
}

echo isGPA($studentOneName,$studentOneGPA);
echo isGPA($studentTwoName,$studentTwoGPA);
?>

2 Answers

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,082 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,082 Points

Hi Alexandru!

Could you share your answer?

BTW, I would have coded it like this:

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

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

//Place your code below this comment
function echoStudent($name, $gpa) {
  if ($gpa == 4.0) {
    echo $name . " made the Honor Roll";
  } else {
    echo $name . " has a GPA of " . $gpa;
  }
}

echoStudent($studentOneName, $studentOneGPA);
echoStudent($studentTwoName, $studentTwoGPA);

?>

Although it doesn't pass the challenge (it's still how I would code it in the real world, though)?!?

This passes:

<?php

$studentOneName = 'Dave';
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;

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

//Place your code below this comment
if ($studentOneGPA == 4.0) {
  echo $studentOneName . " made the Honor Roll";
} else {
  echo $studentOneName . " has a GPA of " . $studentOneGPA;
}

if ($studentTwoGPA == 4.0) {
  echo $studentTwoName . " made the Honor Roll";
} else {
  echo $studentTwoName . " has a GPA of " . $studentTwoGPA;
}

?>

But that is not the best way to code it - it's not DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself.)

Since you need to use the same code block twice (with different variables) - you should use a function.

And no reasonable programmer would disagree.

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!

Alexandru Muntean
Alexandru Muntean
8,332 Points
Alexandru Muntean
Alexandru Muntean
8,332 Points

Fantastic! Thank for the reply.