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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Loops Ping Pong

Carlos Zuluaga
Carlos Zuluaga
21,184 Points
Posted by Carlos Zuluaga
Carlos Zuluaga
21,184 Points

The value echo for the final rounds taken always brings 0 (initial value)

Hello, So when I echo " Is the Winner after $rounds Rounds! </h1>" the value of $rounds = 0. It's taking the value I gave to the variable initially.

This is my code:

<?php $player1 = 0; $player2 = 5; $rounds = 0;

while (abs($player1-$player2) < 2 || ($player1< 11 && $player2 <11)){ $round++; echo "<h2>This is Round $round</h2><br>"; if (rand(0,1)){ $player1++; } else {$player2++; } echo "player 1 = $player1<br>"; echo "player 2 = $player2<br>"; } echo "<h1>"; if ($player1 > $player2){ echo "Player 1"; }else{ echo "Player 2"; } echo " Is the Winner after $rounds Rounds! </h1>" ?>

2 Answers

Brian Workman
Brian Workman
10,519 Points
Brian Workman
Brian Workman
10,519 Points

You have $rounds = 0; but then in the while loop you use $round++; (notice the missing s)

I think that might be your problem.