php find greater of two numbers

Question

I am a straight novice in PHP. So, please do not down vote my question as it may seem very silly. I have a code to check if a number is greater than another number in php.

if($num1 > $num2)
{
    echo $num1
}
else
{
    echo $num2
}

The above code is the exact one in my file. But no output is being shown. Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

The easiest way to do that is:

echo max($num1, $num2);

Answer 2

John, the answer is very simple. You have not added a ; at the end of your statement. Change your code to the following :-

if($num1 > $num2)
{
    echo $num1;
}
else
{
    echo $num2;
}

This code will surely work.