Welcome to the Safari Gallery

Select an animal to discover a fun facts.

Giraffe

Giraffes are the tallest mammals on Earth. Their legs alone are taller than many humans about 6 feet. They can run as fast as 35 miles an hour over short distances, or cruise at 10 mph over longer distances. A giraffe's neck is too short to reach the ground. As a result, it has to awkwardly spread its front legs or kneel to reach the ground for a drink of water. Giraffes only need to drink once every few days. Most of their water comes from all the plants they eat. Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up; they even sleep and give birth standing up.

CODE FOLLOWS


<?php

include('../includes/header.php');



error_reporting(E_ALL);    // set error reporting to all



// array of animals for gallery

$animals = array("lion", "tiger", "giraffe", "zebra");



echo "<h1>Welcome to the Safari Gallery</h1>";

echo "<p>Select an animal to discover a fun facts.</p>";



// loops through the animal list

foreach ($animals as $animal) {



    // connecting text and images

    echo "<a href='?animal=$animal' class='animalbtn'>" . ucfirst($animal) . "</a> ";

    echo "<br><br>";

}



// check if an animal was selected

if (isset($_GET['animal']))

{

    $animal = basename($_GET['animal']);



    // path to images and texts of animals

    $img = "../safari/" . $animal . ".png";

    $txt = "../safari/" . $animal . ".txt";



    echo "<hr>";



    echo "<h2>" . ucfirst($animal) . "</h2>";



    // check if the text file exists and read its contents

    if (file_exists($img))

    {

        echo "<img src='$img' width='350'><br><br>";

    }



    if (file_exists($txt))

    {

        $fact = file_get_contents($txt); // reads animal text



        echo "<p>$fact</p>"; // displays text

    }

}



include('../includes/footer.php');

?>

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