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trouble with php average grade and letter grade
chica1977
26 Mar, 2008 - 06:45 PM
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I am having trouble getting my code to display right. I put everything in on the html and hit submit and the php page comes up without calculating. I am having trouble understanding what I'm doing wrong.

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<html>
<head>
<title> Grade Book</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
$fname=$_REQUEST["fname"];
$lname=$_REQUEST["lname"];
$test1=$_REQUEST["test1"];
$test2=$_REQUEST["test2"];
$test3=$_REQUEST["test3"];


//test information
$avg = average($test1, $test2, $test3);
$lg = lettergrade($avg);
fname();
lname();
$test1 = test1($avg);
$test2 = test2($avg);
$test3 = test3($avg);
avg();


function fname()
{print "First Name:";
print $fname;
print "<br>";
print "<br>";
}

function lname()
{print "Last Name:";
print "<br>";
print "<br>";
}

function test1()
{print "Test 1";
print "<br>";
print "<br>";
}

function test2()
{print "Test 2";
print "<br>";
print "<br>";
}

function test3()
{print "Test 3";
print "<br>";
print "<br>";
}

function avg()
{print "Average Grade";
print "<br>";
print "<br>";
}

function average($test1,$test2,$test3)
{
$avg = ($test1 + $test2 + $test3) / 3;
return $avg;
}

function lettergrade($avg)
{
    if ($avg >= 90)
    $lettergrade = "A";

    if ($avg >= 80 && $avg <= 89)
    $lettergrade = "B";

    if ($avg >= 70 && $avg <= 79)
    $lettergrade = "C";

    if ($avg >= 60 && $avg <= 69)
    $lettergrade = "D";

    if ($avg >= 50 && $avg <= 59)
    $lettergrade = "F";

    
return $lettergrade;
}






?>

</body>
</html>
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RE: Trouble With Php Average Grade And Letter Grade
26 Mar, 2008 - 07:13 PM
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QUOTE(chica1977 @ 26 Mar, 2008 - 07:45 PM) *

I am having trouble getting my code to display right. I put everything in on the html and hit submit and the php page comes up without calculating. I am having trouble understanding what I'm doing wrong.

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$fname=$_REQUEST["fname"];
$lname=$_REQUEST["lname"];
$test1=$_REQUEST["test1"];
$test2=$_REQUEST["test2"];
$test3=$_REQUEST["test3"];


Where are these values being sent to the php page? It's requesting information, but it isn't actually getting the values from anywhere. To troubleshoot it, try putting them into the URL (as get values) or just manually set them & see if it will process them that way. If that does work for you, then you need to setup a form w/submit button.
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26 Mar, 2008 - 07:20 PM
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What are you using to submit the values to the php? Are you just typing them in the address bar?(Covered by no2pencil)

You might want to consider using "$_GET" instead of $_REQUEST.

Anyway, the main thing I see is that you don't actually have it printing "$avg", "$lname" or "$lg" anywhere. You also pass $avg to the test functions for some reason, when those functions have no inputs.

Your fname function also won't work because $fname is not global. Put "global $fname;" in your fname function.

Really though, you should just have a few print statements in the main section. You only really need the functions to calculate the average and letter grade.

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26 Mar, 2008 - 08:06 PM
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Thank you so much. My teacher has gotten me so confused I don't know what I'm doing anymore.


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What are you using to submit the values to the php? Are you just typing them in the address bar?(Covered by no2pencil)

You might want to consider using "$_GET" instead of $_REQUEST.

Anyway, the main thing I see is that you don't actually have it printing "$avg", "$lname" or "$lg" anywhere. You also pass $avg to the test functions for some reason, when those functions have no inputs.

Your fname function also won't work because $fname is not global. Put "global $fname;" in your fname function.

Really though, you should just have a few print statements in the main section. You only really need the functions to calculate the average and letter grade.

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26 Mar, 2008 - 08:15 PM
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No problem. Teachers tend to do that, even if they do try their best. We are more than happy to help.

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