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PHP

Chris Mastrogiacomo
Chris Mastrogiacomo
990 Points
Posted by Chris Mastrogiacomo
Chris Mastrogiacomo
990 Points

Has anyone had a problem with this Challenge" I think it is broken.

I am stuck on this PHP Basics challenge. I think it is broken because my script works in the preview and in Workspaces.

Challenge Task 3 of 3 Create a New Float Variable named $floatOne with a value of 1.5. Without changing the value of $integerOne or $floatOne, multiply $integerOne by $floatOne and display the results.

ERROR: Bummer! Are you sure you multiplied correctly?

My Script: <?php

//Place your code below this comment $integerOne = 1; $integerTwo = 2; $integerOne += 5; $integerTwo -= 1; $floatOne = 1.5; $results = $integerOne * $floatOne; echo "The result = "; echo $results;

?>

Hazem mosaad
Hazem mosaad
15,384 Points
Hazem mosaad
Hazem mosaad
15,384 Points

please challenge link :) thanks

1 Answer

Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points
Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points

Hey Chris,

You added your own flavor to the echo statements, and the parser was not kind in the taste test :D

One thing with these challenges is that they punish going off the rails even a little when they're looking for a line of code. By using two echo statements, and adding the "The result = " parts, the parser decided it was definitely not equal to what it was looking for.

The code the challenge is looking for is:

<?php

$integerOne = 1;
$integerTwo = 2;
$floatOne = 1.5;

$integerOne += 5;
$integerTwo -= 1;

echo $floatOne * $integerOne;

?>

Or, you can also place the creation of the third variable before the echo statement:

<?php

$integerOne = 1;
$integerTwo = 2;

$integerOne += 5;
$integerTwo -= 1;

$floatOne = 1.5;

echo $floatOne * $integerOne;

?>

Good luck with the course!