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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Operators

Posted by Asif Ulfat
Asif Ulfat
8,616 Points

Without changing the variables, create a SINGLE conditional statement around the echo command that checks

need help

index.php 
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';

//add conditional statement

if($role!="admin" ){ 
  echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}

1 Answer

Felipe Giovanni de Moura Santos
Felipe Giovanni de Moura Santos
23,702 Points
Felipe Giovanni de Moura Santos
Felipe Giovanni de Moura Santos
23,702 Points

What's up man... Let's go:

We want to know IF the $username is set AND IF the value of the variable $role is not 'admin', all of that in one single conditional statement. What we'll use

1 - PHP's built-in function isset() //checks if a variable is set and is not NULL.

2 - && (AND).

3 - != (not equal).

<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';

if( isset($username) && $role != 'admin'){
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}

?>