The PHP sorting hat.

the-sorting-hat.php

<?php
$gryffindor = 0;
$hufflepuff = 0;
$ravenclaw = 0;
$slytherin = 0;

//$answer1, $answer2, $answer3;

echo  "================\nThe Sorting Hat!\n================\n\n";


  // ~~~~~~~~~~ Question 1 ~~~~~~~~~~

  echo "Q1) When I'm dead, I want people to remember me as:\n\n  1) The Good\n  2) The Great\n  3) The Wise\n  4) The Bold\n\nEnter your answer (1-4): ";
  
  

  $answer1 = readline(">>");

  if ($answer1 === "1")
    $hufflepuff++;
  elseif ($answer1 === "2")
    $slytherin++;
  elseif ($answer1 === "3")
    $ravenclaw++;
  elseif ($answer1 === "4")
    $gryffindor++;

  // ~~~~~~~~~~ Question 2 ~~~~~~~~~~

  echo "\nQ2) Dawn or Dusk?\n\n  1) Dawn\n  2) Dusk\n\nEnter your answer (1-2): ";

  $answer2 = readline(">>");

  if ($answer2 === "1") 
  {
    
    $gryffindor++;
    $ravenclaw++;
  
  } 
  elseif ($answer2 === "2") 
  {

    $hufflepuff++;
    $slytherin++;

  }
  else 
  {

    echo "Invalid input\n";

  }

  // ~~~~~~~~~~ Question 3 ~~~~~~~~~~

  echo "\nQ3) Which kind of instrument most pleases your ear?\n\n  1) The violin\n  2) The trumpet\n  3) The piano\n  4) The drum\n\nEnter your answer (1-4): ";

  $answer3 = readline(">>");

  if ($answer3 === "1")
    $slytherin++;
  elseif ($answer3 === "2")
    $hufflepuff++;
  elseif ($answer3 === "3")
    $ravenclaw++;
  elseif ($answer3 === "4")
    $gryffindor++;

  // ~~~~~~~~~~ Question 4 ~~~~~~~~~~

  echo "\nQ4) Which road tempts you the most?\n\n  1) The wide, sunny grassy lane\n  2) The narrow, dark, lantern-lit alley\n  3) The twisting, leaf-strewn path through woods\n  4) The cobbled street lined (ancient buildings)\n\nEnter your answer (1-4): ";

  $answer4 = readline(">>");

  if ($answer4 === "1")
    $hufflepuff++;
  elseif ($answer4 === "2")
    $slytherin++;
  elseif ($answer4 === "3")
    $gryffindor++;
  elseif ($answer4 === "4")
    $ravenclaw++;
  
  // ========== Sorting ==========

  echo "Congrats on being sorted into... ";

  $max = 0;
  $house = "";

  if ($gryffindor > $max) 
  {

    $max = $gryffindor;
    $house = "Gryffindor";
    
  }

  if ($hufflepuff > $max) 
  {

    $max = $hufflepuff;
    $house = "Hufflepuff";

  }
  
  if ($ravenclaw > $max) 
  {

    $max = $ravenclaw;
    $house = "Ravenclaw";

  }
  
  if ($slytherin > $max) 
  {

    $max = $slytherin;
    $house = "Slytherin";

  }
  
  echo $house . "!\n";