Struggling with this tournament fixtures algorithm.
The code is working perfectly but I need help inserting the data to mysql I cant seem to access the $varables..
any tweaking by a php pro greatly appreciated ...
$teamnames = "Arsenal|Tottenham|Leeds|Man United|Liverpool";
# XXX check for int
print show_fixtures(isset($_GET['teams']) ? nums(intval($_GET['teams'])) : explode("|", trim($teamnames)));
function nums($n) {
$ns = array();
for ($i = 1; $i <= $n; $i++) {
$ns[] = $i;
}
return $ns;
}
function show_fixtures($names) {
$teams = sizeof($names);
print "<p>Fixtures for $teams teams.</p>";
// If odd number of teams add a "ghost".
$ghost = false;
if ($teams % 2 == 1) {
$teams++;
$ghost = true;
}
// Generate the fixtures using the cyclic algorithm.
$totalRounds = $teams - 1;
$matchesPerRound = $teams / 2;
$rounds = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $totalRounds; $i++) {
$rounds[$i] = array();
}
for ($round = 0; $round < $totalRounds; $round++) {
for ($match = 0; $match < $matchesPerRound; $match++) {
$home = ($round + $match) % ($teams - 1);
$away = ($teams - 1 - $match + $round) % ($teams - 1);
// Last team stays in the same place while the others
// rotate around it.
if ($match == 0) {
$away = $teams - 1;
}
$rounds[$round][$match] = team_name($home + 1, $names)
. " v " . team_name($away + 1, $names);
}
}
// Interleave so that home and away games are fairly evenly dispersed.
$interleaved = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $totalRounds; $i++) {
$interleaved[$i] = array();
}
$evn = 0;
$odd = ($teams / 2);
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($rounds); $i++) {
if ($i % 2 == 0) {
$interleaved[$i] = $rounds[$evn++];
} else {
$interleaved[$i] = $rounds[$odd++];
}
}
$rounds = $interleaved;
// Last team can't be away for every game so flip them
// to home on odd rounds.
for ($round = 0; $round < sizeof($rounds); $round++) {
if ($round % 2 == 1) {
$rounds[$round][0] = flip($rounds[$round][0]);
}
}
// Display the fixtures
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($rounds); $i++) {
print "<hr><p>Round " . ($i + 1) . "</p>
";
foreach ($rounds[$i] as $r) {
print $r . "<br />";
}
print "<br />";
}
print "<hr>Second half is mirror of first half";
$round_counter = sizeof($rounds) + 1;
for ($i = sizeof($rounds) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
print "<hr><p>Round " . $round_counter . "</p>
";
$round_counter += 1;
foreach ($rounds[$i] as $r) {
print flip($r) . "<br />";
}
print "<br />";
}
print "<br />";
if ($ghost) {
print "Matches against team " . $teams . " are byes.";
}
}
function flip($match) {
$components = split(' v ', $match);
return "$components[1]" . " v " . "$components[0]";
}
function team_name($num, $names) {
$i = $num - 1;
if (sizeof($names) > $i && strlen(trim($names[$i])) > 0) {
return trim($names[$i]);
} else {
return "BYE";
}
}