What is CSS?

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets and it can be used to style your HTML files. HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is responsible for the structure of your document. HTML tags are used to semantically divide your page content into meaningful sections. These sections and elements are then styled, and given layout characteristics via a separate .css file.
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The other day, I needed a PHP function to display a word either singular or plural based on a number referring to that word. For example, this could be used on a blog post which may have 0 comments, 1 comment, or 2 comments. Feel free to use this in your projects, or modify it as needed.

function word_choice($number, $singular, $plural) {
    if($number == 0 OR $number >= 2) {
        return $number . " " . $plural;
    }else{
        return $number . " " . $singular;
    }
}

//Implementation
$number = 32;

echo word_choice($number, 'comment', 'comments');
//This will show "32 comments"

$number = 1;

echo word_choice($number, 'comment', 'comments');
//This will show "1 comment"

An article I was reading recently compared trying to build a website without knowing any HTML to attempting to build a house without knowing what a brick is. It’s extremely useful to know a bit about HTML even if it’s just the basics. In this tutorial series, I hope to give you a basic understanding of HTML and CSS, as well as to point you in the direction of several other great resources for learning about these topics.

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