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    copied!<p>Comparing array elements and add 1 or 0 if the arrays are the same or not. But they are not adding up, where could i be doing it wrong? Because the arrays do not seem to be comparing.</p> <pre><code>&lt;html&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;title&gt;Chosen answers&lt;/title&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;pre&gt; &lt;?php //Posting of the chosen answers $answers = $_POST['selected_answers']; echo '&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;THE ANSWERS YOU HAVE CHOSEN ARE:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'; print_r($answers); //Opening of the answers file, reading and printing it $openFile = fopen("answers.txt", "r") or exit ("unable to open the answers file"); $fileContents = fread($openFile, filesize("answers.txt")); fclose($openFile); $delimiter = " "; $myArray = explode($delimiter, $fileContents); $score = $score1 = $score2 = $score3 = $score4 = $score5 = $score6 = $score7 = $score8 = 0; //Computation of marks scored for the answered questions if ($answers[0] == $myArray[0]) { $score = 1; } elseif ($answers[0] !=$myArray[0]) { $score = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[1] == $myArray[1]) { $score1 = 1; } elseif ($answers[1] !=$myArray[1]) { $score1 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[2] == $myArray[2]) { $score2 = 1; } elseif ($answers[2] !=$myArray[2]) { $score2 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[3] == $myArray[3]) { $score3 = 1; } elseif ($answers[3] !=$myArray[3]) { $score3 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[4] == $myArray[4]) { $score4 = 1; } elseif ($answers[4] !=$myArray[4]) { $score4 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[5] == $myArray[5]) { $score5 = 1; } elseif ($answers[5] !=$myArray[5]) { $score5 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[6] == $myArray[6]) { $score6 = 1; } elseif ($answers[6] !=$myArray[6]) { $score6 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[7] == $myArray[7]) { $score7 = 1; } elseif ($answers[7] !=$myArray[7]) { $score7 = 0; }echo '&lt;br /&gt;'; if ($answers[8] == $myArray[8]) { $score8 = 1; } elseif ($answers[8] !=$myArray[8]) { $score8 = 0; } $Total = $score + $score1 + $score2 + $score3 + $score4 + $score5 + $score6 + $score7 + $score8 ; echo "&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;$Total&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/pre&gt; &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt; </code></pre> <p>How can I be able to compare the two arrays and compute the total marks. the first array $answers is from a submitted form. and the second one is read from another text file called answers.txt</p>
 

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