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Chris Roper
11,001 PointsChallenge Task 1 of 1 Without changing the variables, create a SINGLE conditional statement around the echo command t
There's probably something obvious I'm not getting, but i'm not sure what it means by asking to check for username? I fine with checking if the role is not equal to admin, inside an if statement. Any help would be appreciated.
<?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 administratior.";
}
Kat Stacy
41,658 PointsYou can not use the pipe || (or) operator here because both of the values must be true for a user to gain access to the page. The must have a username and they must have an admin role. You need to make sure to use the ampersand && (and) operator.
//NOT like this
if($username || $role != 'admin')
//do it like this
if(&username && $role != 'admin')
Also, you need to check to see if the $username is set. You can do this two ways that I know of.
//Way 1
if($username == true && $role != 'admin')
//Way 2
if(isset($username) && $role != 'admin')
//Personally I prefer the second way as it is more descriptive and for me easier to read and understand.
Tinashe Pride Mudzimu
5,886 Pointsif ($username = is_string($username) && $role != 'admin') { echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator. " } ?>
8 Answers
Advaith Thachat
831 PointsHey I think I found a way out!
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
//the $username is evaluated to TRUE and
if ($username && $role != 'admin') {
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administratior.";
}
Hope this helps.. Happy Coding... :-)
Leanne Millar
9,555 PointsThank Advaith. This helped a lot. However, the code above won't pass due to a typo. You've put an extra "i" in administrator.
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
//the $username is evaluated to TRUE and
if ($username && $role != 'admin') {
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
?>
This code works fine
Zachary Scott
1,650 PointsThis worked for me:
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
if (is_string($username) && $role != 'admin') {
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
Samandar Mirzayev
11,834 Points<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
if (isset ($username) && $role != 'admin'){
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administratior.";
}
Vipin Singh
15,268 Points<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
if ($username == true && $role != 'admin') {
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administratior.";
}
Andrew Lenti
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,193 Points<?php $username = 'sketchings'; //Available roles: author, editor, admin $role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement if($role != 'admin' || is_string($username)) { echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administratior."; }
?>
Kat Stacy
41,658 PointsIf you don't mind can you tell me why you use the || . I tried your code and it passes but I am not sure why. Don't both conditions have to be true for this task, so we should use the &&? I only ask because I am just curious because maybe you know something I don't know.
David Ruck
309 Points<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
if (isset($username) && $role != 'admin') {
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
// This is the correct code.
David Schreiber
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 16,402 PointsThis worked for me:
if ($username != '' && $role != 'admin') { echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator."; }
Chris Roper
11,001 PointsChris Roper
11,001 PointsNever mind I worked it out watching the next video.
if($username || $role != 'admin') { echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administratior."; }