Welcome to the Safari Gallery

Select an animal to discover a fun facts.

Zebra

Zebras are mammals that are known for their black and white stripes. They belong to the horse family of animals. There are three species, or types, of zebra! They are plains zebra, Grevy’s zebra, mountain zebra. They live in various parts of Africa. Zebras often greet each other by nose-to-nose contact. They communicate with each other using calls and facial expressions. Zebras have a keen sense of hearing.

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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