# \<play>

**Role:** \<play> This verb plays the audio file back to the call.

**Use:**  *Announcement:  Playing an announcement.*

* Play can be used by itself or it can be nested in gather keyword.
* Here is an example of an announcement that can be played to prompt the user to press keys:-
  * Press 1 for Support
  * Press 2 for Sales
  * Press 3 if your know your parties extension

### Attributes

| <p><strong>Attribute</strong><br></p> | <p><strong>Value</strong><br></p> | <p><strong>Default</strong><br></p> |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| loop                                  | integer value                     | 1                                   |

#### Simple play example.

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<Response>    
         <play>http://www.example.com/welcomemessage.mp3.</play>
 </Response>
```

#### Here is an example of how \<play> can be nested with \<gather> within code.

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<Response>
     <Gather timeout="10" finishOnKey="*" action=”handle-key.xml>
         <play>http://www.example.com/welcomemessage.mp3.</play>
     </Gather>
 </Response>
```

Once the user enters the response. It will call <http://yourserver/handle-key.php>

```
<?php
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"; 
echo "<Response><Say>You entered ".$_REQUEST['Digits']. "</Say></Response>"; ?>
```

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