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PHP: else

Let's try and modify the function from the previous example so that it returns the whole strings of Sentence is normal or Sentence is question instead of just the sentence type.

<?php

function getTypeOfSentence($sentence)
{
    $lastChar = $sentence[-1];

    if ($lastChar === '?') {
        $sentenceType = 'question';
    } else {
        $sentenceType = 'normal';
    }

    return "Sentence is {$sentenceType}";
}

getTypeOfSentence('Hodor');  // Sentence is normal
getTypeOfSentence('Hodor?'); // Sentence is question

We added else and a new block with curly brackets. This block is only executed if the condition in if is false.

There are two ways to design an if-else clause. The negation allows you to change the order of the blocks:

<?php

function getTypeOfSentence($sentence)
{
    $lastChar = $sentence[-1];

    if ($lastChar !== '?') {
        $sentenceType = 'normal';
    } else {
        $sentenceType = 'question';
    }

    return "Sentence is {$sentenceType}";
}

Which way is preferable? It's easier for the human brain to reason in a straightforward manner rather than via negation. Try to pick a test that has no negations, and then modify the contents of the code blocks to suit it.

Instructions

Write a function, normalizeUrl(), that normalizes data passed to it. It takes a site address and returns it with https:// at the beginning.

The function accepts addresses as ADDRESS or http://ADDRESS, but always returns the address as https://ADDRESS

There are two possible solutions:

You can compare the first 7 characters of the argument string with the string http://.
You can use the strpos, function to check if the string-argument contains the substring http://.

And then it'll either add or not add https:// accordingly.

Call examples:

<?php

normalizeUrl('google.com');   // 'https://google.com'
normalizeUrl('http://ai.fi'); // 'https://ai.fi'

The exercise doesn't pass checking. What to do? 😶

If you've reached a deadlock it's time to ask your question in the «Discussions». How ask a question correctly:

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In my environment the code works, but not here 🤨

Tests are designed so that they test the solution in different ways and against different data. Often the solution works with one kind of input data but doesn't work with others. Check the «Tests» tab to figure this out, you can find hints at the error output.

My code is different from the teacher's one 🤔

It's fine. 🙆 One task in programming can be solved in many different ways. If your code passed all tests, it complies with the task conditions.

In some rare cases, the solution may be adjusted to the tests, but this can be seen immediately.

I've read the lessons but nothing is clear 🙄

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Definitions

else else is a way to specify the block of code that will be executed if the if condition isn't satisfied

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