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/* Twelve Days
*
*Program writes the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
*
*Student X
*
*/
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<title>The Twelve Days of Christmas</title>
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$day=array("first"=>"A partridge in a pear tree", //array that holds the verse information
"second"=>"Two turtle doves",
"third"=>"Three French hens",
"fourth"=>"Four calling birds",
"fifth"=>"Five golden rings",
"sixth"=>"Six geese a-laying",
"seventh"=>"Seven swans a-swimming",
"eighth"=>"Eight maids a-milking",
"ninth"=>"Nine ladies dancing",
"tenth"=>"Ten lords a-leaping",
"eleventh"=>"Eleven pipers piping",
"twelfth"=>"Twelve drummers drumming");
function sing_days($verses) //uses a foreach loop to print the day and verses
{
$i=0;
$temp = array("","","","","","","","","","","","");
foreach($verses as $daynum=>$gift){
print("On the $daynum day of christmas<BR>");
print("My true love gave to me<BR>");
print("$gift<BR>");
$temp[$i] = $gift; // adds already used verses to a new array
for ($x = $i-1;$x>=0;$x--){ //prints the verses before the current day
if ($x==0){
print("And " . strtolower($temp[$x]) . "<BR>");
}
else{
print("$temp[$x]<BR>");
}
}
$i++;
print("<BR>");
}
}
?>
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sing_days($day); //calls the function that writes the song
?>
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