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Raslan Ismail
10,262 Pointsi don't know why my code is not working it is working in my editor
<?php
$username = 'sketchings';
//Available roles: author, editor, admin
$role = 'editor';
//add conditional statement
if($username=true&&$role!="admin"){
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
3 Answers
Matthew Lang
13,483 PointsA single = is an assignment operator. You are looking for ==, which is a comparison operator.
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Points!= is a comparison operator . ist a negation operator
Matthew Lang
13,483 PointsRaslan Ismail re-read my answer.
Your code:
//add conditional statement
if($username=true&&$role!="admin"){
echo "You do not have access to this page. Please contact your administrator.";
}
You are setting $username to true. Not comparing if it is true. Use '=='
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Pointsit still not working i become this messange "Use the negation operator to check that $role is NOT EQUAL to "admin"."
Raslan Ismail
10,262 Pointsit works. thank you
Raslan Ismail
10,262 PointsRaslan Ismail
10,262 PointsOk, now i anderstand . Thank you very much