<?php

function showArticle(){
    global $article_title, $article_text, $article_image, $article_link, $article_link_title, $article_date;
    
 if(isset($article_title) && trim($article_title) != "")
  echo "<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">$article_title</h3>\n";
  
 if(isset($article_image) && trim($article_image) != "")
  echo "<p><img src=\"images/$article_image\" /></p>\n";
  
 if(isset($article_text) && trim($article_text) != "")
  echo "<p>$article_text</p>\n";
  
 $article_link_title = (isset($article_link_title) && trim($article_link_title) != "") ? $article_link_title : $article_link;
 
 if(isset($article_link) && trim($article_link) != "")
  echo "<p><a href=\"$article_link\" target=\"_blank\">$article_link_title</a></p>\n";
 
 if(isset($article_date) && trim($article_date) != "")
  echo "<p>$article_date</p>\n";
  
 echo "<br /><hr /><br />\n";
}

// article information 1
$article_title="New Buzz in TO";
$article_text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec congue ipsum ac tellus. Integer non eros.";
$article_image="toronto.jpg";
$article_link="";
$article_link_title="";
$article_date="Jul 5, 2006";

showArticle();

// article information 2
$article_title="Blue Jays on Fire!";
$article_text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec congue ipsum ac tellus. Integer non eros.";
$article_image="";
$article_link="http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/";
$article_link_title="The Toronto Blue Jays";
$article_date="Jul 6, 2006";

showArticle();

// article information 3
$article_title="The Canadian Beaver";
$article_text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec congue ipsum ac tellus. Integer non eros.";
$article_image="beaver.jpg";
$article_link="http://www.nature.ca/NOTEBOOKS/ENGLISH/beaver.htm";
$article_link_title="";
$article_date="Jul 11, 2006";

showArticle();
?>