eXorithm – Execute Algorithm: View / Run Algorithm biological

function biological_classification ($lifeform
{
  // construct the query
  $query = array'name'=>$lifeform, 
                 'type'=>'/biology/organism_classification', 
                 'higher_classification'=>null,
                 'rank'=>null, 
                 'scientific_name'=>null
                );
  
  
  // issue the query
  $results = freebase_query$query);
  
  if (isset$results[0])) {
   
    if (isset$results[0]['name']))
        $lifeform = $results[0]['name'];
    $return = "$lifeformnn"
  
    do {
      $rank = '(unranked)'
      $higher = ''
      $scientific = ''
      if (isset$results[0]['higher_classification']))
        $higher = $results[0]['higher_classification'];
      if (isset$results[0]['scientific_name']))
        $scientific = $results[0]['scientific_name'];
      if (isset$results[0]['rank']))
        $rank = $results[0]['rank'];
      
      // scientific name found
      if ($scientific != '') {
        $return .= "$rank: $scientificn"
      } else {
        $return .= "no informationn"
      }
      
      // higher lifeform found
      if ($higher != '') {
        $query'name'] = $higher
        $results = freebase_query$query);
      }
      
    } while ($higher != '');
    
    return $return
  } else {
    throw new Exception"Lifeform $lifeform not found");
  }
}