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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Switch Statements

Posted by Lefter Nik
Lefter Nik
709 Points

"Create a 'check' for the role of 'admin'?'"

I seem to not be able to understand how to create a check for the role of 'admin' that will qualify other than setting the $role = 'admin'. If I do not set the variable to the needed value, I fail to display the correct message and thus fail to pass the challenge, even if my switch works correctly.

Any insights?

switch.php 
<?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;
}
?>
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Your code as shown passes task 1 for me. Maybe try again.