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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Conditionals Switch Statements

Fahri Can
Fahri Can
9,921 Points
Posted by Fahri Can
Fahri Can
9,921 Points

Where is the mistake

In the code provided, there is an if statement that displays a message IF the user role is not equal to "admin". We want to display separate messages based on the role of the logged in user. First we're going to add a message for our admin and keep the current message as the default.

Change the if statement to a switch statement, keeping the current message as the default. Add a check for the role of "admin" and display the following message:

As an admin, you can add, edit, or delete any post.

switch.php 
<?php
//Available roles: admin, editor, author, subscriber
if (!isset($role)) {
    $role = 'subscriber';
}

//change to switch statement
switch ($role != 'admin') {

  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;
}

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The problem is the declaration of your switch statement:

switch ($role != 'admin') {

With a switch statement you are meant to pass in some variable and then you specify what to do if the variable is equal to x,y,z, etc. You are not meant to pass in a true or false expression like you do with an if statement.

So just remove the conditional check and make the switch declaration look like this:

switch ($role) {

That will allow you to pass the first task of this challenge.

Fahri Can
Fahri Can
9,921 Points
Fahri Can
Fahri Can
9,921 Points

Thank your Andren!