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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program Conditionals

Posted by ei2
ei2
2,618 Points

Separate if statements

What do separate if statements look like? I have tried this exercise and the "Check Work" says I need to separate the if statements. What do I do?

index.php 
<?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";
} elseif ($studentOneGPA != 4.0) {
  echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA. ";
}

if ($studentTwoGPA == 4.0) {
  echo "$studentTwoName made the Honor Roll";
}  
  elseif ($studentTwoGPA != 4.0) {
  echo "$studentTwoName has a GPA of $studentTwoGPA";
}
?>

2 Answers

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

The issue is that the challenge is asking for you to use ELSE (in bold) and not ELSEIF. 

<?php
//  Your code - might work - not elegant
//  Yucky, since the elseif will only happen when 
//  Student 1 GPA != 4.0
if ($studentOneGPA == 4.0) {
  echo "$studentOneName made the Honor Roll";
} elseif ($studentOneGPA != 4.0) {
  echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA. ";
}

// Elegant acceptable solution - cleaner and easier to read/follow
if ($studentOneGPA == 4.0) {
  echo "$studentOneName made the Honor Roll";
} else {
  echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA. ";
}
?>
ei2
ei2
2,618 Points
ei2
ei2
2,618 Points

Oh, ok, yes that code is a lot more streamlined. Thanks for helping out.