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function weather_forecast ($location$units$header_color$day_header_color$day_color
{
  $weather = file_get_contents'http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather='urlencode$location));
  
  $xml = simplexml_load_string$weather);
  
  if (!isset$xml->weather->forecast_conditions)) {
    throw new Exception'Data could not be retreived for location '$location);
  }
  
  $location = $xml->weather->forecast_information->city['data'];
                                                      
  // four day outlook
  for ($i = 0; $i < 4; $i++){
    if ($xml->weather->forecast_conditions->$i) {
      $forecast_day[] = $xml->weather->forecast_conditions->$i->day_of_week['data'];
      $forecast_condition[] = $xml->weather->forecast_conditions->$i->condition['data'];
      $low = $xml->weather->forecast_conditions->$i->low['data'];
      if ($units=='k'
        $low = round((($low - 32)*5/9) + 273, 1);
      else if ($units=='c'
        $low = round(($low - 32)*5/9, 1);
      $forecast_low[] = $low
      $high = $xml->weather->forecast_conditions->$i->high['data'];
      if ($units=='k'
        $high = round((($high - 32)*5/9) + 273, 1);
      else if ($units=='c'
        $high = round(($high - 32)*5/9, 1);
      $forecast_high[] = $high
      $forecast_icon[] = $xml->weather->forecast_conditions->$i->icon['data'];
    }
  }
  
  // current
  $condition = $xml->weather->current_conditions->condition['data'];
  $temp = $xml->weather->current_conditions->temp_f['data'];
  if ($units=='k'
    $temp = round((($temp - 32)*5/9) + 273, 1);
  else if ($units=='c'
    $temp = round(($temp - 32)*5/9, 1);
  $icon = $xml->weather->current_conditions->icon['data'];
  
  // build the HTML
  $header = "<tr><td colspan=""count$forecast_day)."" bgcolor="#$header_color">"
  if ($icon!=''
    $header .= "<img align="left" src="http://www.google.com$icon">"
  $header .= "<b>$location</b><br>Currently <i>$condition</i> <b>$temp$units</b>"
  $header .= "</td></tr>n<tr>"
  $data = "<tr>n"
  
  for ($i = 0; $i < count$forecast_day); $i++){
    $header .= "<td width="130" bgcolor="#$day_header_color"><b>$forecast_day[$i]</b></td>"
    $data .= "<td bgcolor="#$day_color">"
    $data .= "<img src="http://www.google.com$forecast_icon[$i]">"
    $data .= "<br><i>$forecast_condition[$i]</i>"
    $data .= "<br>high <b>$forecast_high[$i]$units</b>"
    $data .= "<br>low <b>$forecast_low[$i]$units</b>"
    $data .= "</td>n"
  }
  
  $header .= "</tr>"
  $data .= "</tr>"
  
  return "<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">n$headern$datan</table>"