Many counties have books that are considered classics by their standards, and many times the world's standards as well. Below are a few of those books. Granted, I took a little liberty by adding The Fellowship of the Ring.
Choose a book below to learn more about it
<?php
include('../includes/header4.php');
// code
error_reporting(E_ALL); // set error reporting to all
echo('<h1>All About Those Books</h1>');
echo('<p>Many counties have books that are considered classics by their standards, and many times the world\'s standards as well. Below are a few of those books.
Granted, I took a little liberty by adding <em>The Fellowship of the Ring</em>. </p> ');
echo('<p><strong>Choose a book below to learn more about it </strong>');
// QUESTIONS:
// 1. Is it possible to have
// 1. INPUT >> Choose a classic book from $bookDetails()
// 2. SUBMIT 1 >> When submitted, show details about book (Published, Author, etc)
// -------------------------------
// -------------- Create an array with just Titles to populate dropdown -------------- //
// THOUGHT: There must be a way to do this right from the multidimensional array. Is there?
$bookTitles = array(
'book1' => "The Fellowship of the Ring",
'book2' => "War and Peace",
'book3' => "Don Quixote",
'book4' => "The Count of Monte Cristo",
'book5' => "To Kill a Mockingbird",
'book6' => "Snow White"
);
$bookTitles2 = array(
"The Fellowship of the Ring",
"War and Peace",
"Don Quixote",
"The Count of Monte Cristo",
"To Kill a Mockingbird",
"Snow White"
);
// -------------- Create multidimensional array with book details -------------- //
$bookDetails = array(
array(
'Title' => "The Fellowship of the Ring",
'Full Title' => "",
'Original Title' => "",
'Author' => "J.R.R. Tolkien",
'Published' => "1954",
'Pages' => "423 (first edition)",
'Original Language' => "English"
),
array(
'Title' => "War and Peace",
'Full Title' => "",
'Original Title' => "Война и миръ",
'Author' => "Leo Tolstoy",
'Published' => "1867",
'Pages' => "1,225 (first edition)",
'Language' => 'Russian, with portions of French and German'
),
array(
'Title' => "Don Quixote",
'Full Title' => "The Ingenious Gentleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha",
'Original Title' => "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha",
'Author' => "Miguel de Cervantes",
'Published' => "Part One: 1605; Part Two: 1615",
'Pages' => "928 (Barnes & Nobel edition)",
'Language' => 'Spanish'
),
array(
'Title' => "The Count of Monte Cristo",
'Full Title' => "",
'Original Title' => "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo",
'Author' => "Miguel de Cervantes",
'Published' => "1844 - 1846; Published in volumes",
'Pages' => "1,267 (unabridged, Penguin Classics)",
'Language' => 'French'
),
array(
'Title' => "To Kill a Mockingbird",
'Full Title' => "",
'Original Title' => "",
'Author' => "Harper Lee",
'Published' => "1960",
'Pages' => "281 (first edition)",
'Language' => 'English'
),
array(
'Title' => "Snow White",
'Full Title' => "Grimms' Fairy Tales (Children's and Household Tales); Snow White",
'Original Title' => "Kinder- und Hausmärchen; Schneewittchen",
'Author' => "German Folklore, popularized by Brothers Grimm",
'Published' => "1854 (final revision)",
'Pages' => "",
'Language' => 'German'
)
);
// -------------- Sort the book Titles alphabetically -------------- //
array_multisort($bookTitles);
array_multisort($bookTitles2);
array_multisort($bookDetails);
/*
$dropdownTitles =
foreach($bookTitles as $book => $bookTitle) {
echo '<option value="' . $book . '">' . $bookTitle . '</option>';
*/
// -------------- Form Details -------------- //
// Convert names into variables to use in output
$step = isset($_POST['step']) ? $_POST['step'] : 0;
$dq = isset($_POST['DQ']) ? $_POST['DQ'] : '';
$lotr = isset($_POST['lotr']) ? $_POST['lotr'] : '';
$sw = isset($_POST['SW']) ? $_POST['SW'] : '';
$cmc = isset($_POST['CMC']) ? $_POST['CMC'] : '';
$tkm = isset($_POST['TKM']) ? $_POST['TKM'] : '';
$wp = isset($_POST['WP']) ? $_POST['WP'] : '';
$step = htmlentities($step);
$dq = htmlentities($dq);
$lotr = htmlentities($lotr);
$sw = htmlentities($sw);
$cmc = htmlentities($cmc);
$tkm = htmlentities($tkm);
$wp = htmlentities($wp);
// -------------- Create dropdown menu populated by an array for select book option -------------- //
if ($step == 0)
{ // first time into this form
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="radio" name="DQ">
<label for="DQ"><?php echo($bookTitles2[0]) ?></label>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="LOTR">
<label for="LOTR"><?php echo($bookTitles2[1]) ?></label>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="SW" style="font-size:18px;">
<label for="SW"><?php echo($bookTitles2[2]) ?></label>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="CMC" style="font-size:18px;">
<label for="CMC"><?php echo($bookTitles2[3]) ?></label>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="TKM" style="font-size:18px;">
<label for="TKM"><?php echo($bookTitles2[4]) ?></label>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="WP" style="font-size:18px;">
<label for="WP"><?php echo($bookTitles2[5]) ?></label>
<br> <br>
<input type="hidden" name="step" value="1">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<br><br>
<?php
}
else
{
if (isset($_POST['DQ']))
{
echo(array_walk($bookDetails[0], "myfunction"));
}
elseif (isset($_POST['SW']))
{
echo(array_walk($bookDetails[2], "myfunction"));
}
elseif (isset($_POST['CMC']))
{
echo(array_walk($bookDetails[3], "myfunction"));
}
elseif (isset($_POST['LOTR']))
{
echo(array_walk($bookDetails[1], "myfunction"));
}
elseif (isset($_POST['TKM']))
{
echo(array_walk($bookDetails[4], "myfunction"));
}
elseif (isset($_POST['WP']))
{
echo(array_walk($bookDetails[5], "myfunction"));
}
?>
<form action="" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="step" value="0">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Try Again">
</form>
<?php
}
// myfunction allows to bring in the information from the key:value pairs
function myfunction($value, $key)
{
// If the value is empty, then don't display anything
if ($value == null)
{
echo "";
}
else
{
echo "<p><strong>$key:</strong> $value<br></p>";
}
}
include('../includes/footer4.php');
?>
Last modified: February 23 2022
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