jonnyenglish89

Thanks Requinix

Thanks for the translation I could do with some help with 5b. I can remove the first instance of of the selected letter within the function selectNextNumber with unset($bestOrder[$x]) and return the updated $bestOrder array and $numberToPick is that a good way to do it or would you recommend somethingelse?

Hi guys, I’d appreciate a little guidance but I’m gonna struggle to explain what the problem is first… so apologies in advance. $drawOrder is an array of 1 to 10 letters that are drawn at random Array ( [101] => C [102] => F [103] => D [104] => J [105] => B [106] => H [107] => I [108] => G [109] => E [110] => A ) $bestOrder contains the same values as $drawOrder but the letters are given a priority. Array ( [0] => A [1] => B [2] => C [3] => D [4] => E [5] => F [6] => G [7] => H [8] => I [9] => J ) $bestPossibleOrder – I want this to contain the closest order possible to $bestOrder based on the draw order and 3 letter draw limit Array ( [101] => C [103] => D [105] => B [102] => F [106] => H [108] => G [109] => E [110] => A [107] => I [104] => J ) $availableLetters contains 3 letters that are drawn according to $drawOrder. Array ( [101] => C [102] => F [103] => D ) add “[101] => C” to $bestPossibleOrder array remove “[2] => C” from the $bestOrder array because the letters are not always unique add “[104] => J “ to $availableLetters because it is next in the draw order. Array ( [102] => F [103] => D [104] => J ) add “[103] => D” to my $bestPossibleOrder array remove “[103] => D” from the $bestOrder array because the letters are not always unique add “[102] => B“ to $availableLetters because it is next in the draw order. Array ( [102] => F [104] => J [102] => B ) Repeat the process until all letters are in the $bestPossibleOrder array Array ( [101] => C [103] => D [105] => B [102] => F [106] => H [108] => G [109] => E [110] => A [107] => I [104] => J ) I’ve attached what I’ve written so far but I’m not sure if it’s a good approach <?php $BR = "<br />"; echo "best order:" . $BR; $bestOrder = array("A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J"); print ("<pre>" . print_r($bestOrder, true) . "</pre>"); echo "draw order:" . $BR; $drawOrder = shuffle_assoc($bestOrder); $drawOrder = array_combine(range(101,(count($bestOrder)+100)),$drawOrder);// $drawOrder array keys have to start from 101 print ("<pre>" . print_r($drawOrder, true) . "</pre>"); echo "available Letters (FIRST DRAW):" . $BR; $availableLetters = array_slice($drawOrder, 0, 3,true); print ("<pre>" . print_r($availableLetters, true) . "</pre>"); $numberToPick = selectNextNumber($bestOrder,$availableLetters); echo "The key with the closest letter to best order is [" . $numberToPick . "]"; function selectNextNumber($bestOrder,$availableLetters){ for ($x = 0; $x <= count($bestOrder); $x++){ $numberToPick = array_search($bestOrder[$x], $availableLetters); if ($numberToPick !== false) { //unset($bestOrder[$x]); //print ("<pre>" . print_r($bestOrder, true) . "</pre>"); return $numberToPick; } } } function shuffle_assoc($list) { if (!is_array($list)) return $list; $keys = array_keys($list); shuffle($keys); $random = array(); foreach ($keys as $key) { $random[$key] = $list[$key]; } return $random; }

thank you very much for the help guys! Unfortunately, I’m unable to share the actual code ☹ but you’ve helped me nonetheless

Thanks, but the above code is not the code I am using – I wrote that as a simple example of my problem. Taking away the class would mean changing a lot of code

Hey guys, How can I access the $currentAccount and $numberOfAccounts variables from the construct function and use them in the updateDB function without making them global variables? <?php class Client { public function __construct($start = []) { ini_set('display_errors', 1); ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL); $sql = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', '', 'test'); $query = "SELECT * FROM users;"; $ret = mysqli_fetch_all(mysqli_query($sql, $query) , MYSQLI_ASSOC); $this->print(count($ret) . ' Accounts Loaded!'); $numberOfAccounts = (count($ret)); foreach($ret as $k => $v) { $start = []; $start['name'] = $v['name']; $start['password'] = $v['password']; $currentAccount = 1; $this->print("processing account number {$currentAccount} of {$numberOfAccounts} ..."); $currentAccount++; $this->start = $start; $this->handshake($start); } } public function handshake($start) { // makes a connection to an api with the $start array as parameters and returns $account_info $this->updateDB($account_info); } public function updateDB($account_info) { $this->print("processed account number {$currentAccount} of {$numberOfAccounts} ..."); } public function print ($str) { print ('[' . date('H:i:s', time()) . '] ' . $str . PHP_EOL); } }

Hey guys how can i use php to turn a string like this: “A, B#2, C#2, D#3, E” Into an array like this: Array ( [1] => A [2] => B [3] => B [4] => C [5] => C [6] => D [7] => D [8] => D [9]=> E ) I can get the letter and count into an array like this with the help of regex: Array ( [A] => 1 => 2 [C] => 2 [D] => 3 [D]=> 1 ) But I have no idea how I would get the result I desire – any help with this part would be greatly appreciated

Hey, I’m considering hiring someone to create an app that will act as an intermediary between tasks sent from a vps to a program on my PC which will return the results to the vps. What should I be searching for when researching the pros and con of something like this? Ps, the tasks are very CPU intensive else I wouldn’t consider using my PC.

where's the best hint button?

nevermind... $com_array = array_keys($main[0]); $com_id = $commander_array[0]; $dom_array = array_keys($main[1]); $dom_id = $dominion_array[0]; $cards = json_encode($main[2]); this does the trick.

ok, I'm still stuck... I've tried this: foreach($main as $key => $value) { $t[] = array_keys($value); } $com_id = json_encode($t[0]); = [25256] $dom_id = json_encode($t[1]); = [50005] when I do a var_dump it says it's a string: string(7) "[25256]"what am I doing wrong?

Hey guys, I needed to covert the $main array in to a string so I used json_encode to do it but now I’m unsure how to get just the key values for $main[0] and $main[1] – can anyone help? main array: Array ( [0] => Array ( [25256] => 1 ) [1] => Array ( [50005] => 1 ) [2] => Array ( [301] => 1 [2318] => 1 [13403] => 1 [49489] => 1 ) ) current code and output: $com_id = json_encode($main[0]); = {"25256":1} $dom_id = json_encode($main[1]); = {"50005":1} $car_id = json_encode($main[2]); = {"301":1,"2318":1,"13403":1,"49489":1} Desired output: $com_id = {"25256"} $dom_id = {"50005"} $car_id = {"301":1,"2318":1,"13403":1,"49489":1}

Thank you for the advice and solution

Hey guys, I have the following xml from which I’d like to extract the <name> followed by the <level> and <card_id> values from the last <upgrade> element within each <unit> elements E.g. name = Infantry, level = 3, card id = 3 name = Bazooka Marine, level = 3, card id = 351 name = Anvil, level = 6, card id = 421 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root> <unit> <id>1</id> <name>Infantry</name> <picture>basicinfantry.jpg</picture> <attack>1</attack> <health>2</health> <cost>0</cost> <rarity>1</rarity> <type>1</type> <set>1000</set> <upgrade> <level>2</level> <card_id>2</card_id> <health>3</health> </upgrade> <upgrade> <level>3</level> <picture>basicinfantry_lv3.jpg</picture> <card_id>3</card_id> <health>5</health> </upgrade> </unit> <unit> <id>4</id> <name>Bazooka Marine</name> <picture>bazookamarine.jpg</picture> <attack>2</attack> <health>4</health> <cost>1</cost> <rarity>1</rarity> <skill id="pierce" x="1" /> <type>1</type> <set>1000</set> <upgrade> <level>2</level> <card_id>350</card_id> <health>5</health> </upgrade> <upgrade> <level>3</level> <card_id>351</card_id> <health>6</health> <skill id="pierce" x="2" /> </upgrade> </unit> <unit> <id>416</id> <name>Anvil</name> <picture>abraham.jpg</picture> <attack>3</attack> <health>5</health> <cost>2</cost> <rarity>3</rarity> <skill id="protect" x="1" y="2" /> <skill id="rally" x="1" y="2" /> <type>2</type> <set>4700</set> <upgrade> <level>2</level> <card_id>417</card_id> <skill id="protect" x="1" y="2" /> <skill id="rally" x="2" y="2" /> <health>6</health> </upgrade> <upgrade> <level>3</level> <card_id>418</card_id> <picture>abraham_lv3.jpg</picture> <attack>4</attack> <health>8</health> </upgrade> <upgrade> <level>4</level> <card_id>419</card_id> <skill id="protect" x="2" y="2" /> <skill id="rally" x="2" y="2" /> <attack>4</attack> <health>10</health> </upgrade> <upgrade> <level>5</level> <card_id>420</card_id> <skill id="protect" x="2" y="2" /> <skill id="rally" x="3" y="2" /> <health>11</health> </upgrade> <upgrade> <level>6</level> <card_id>421</card_id> <picture>abraham_lv6.jpg</picture> <skill id="protect" x="3" y="2" /> <skill id="rally" x="3" y="2" /> <health>13</health> </upgrade> </unit> </root> I can to extract all the names levels and card id’s with the code below… how do I restrict the results... can anyone help? $xmlSource = simplexml_load_file("cards_section_1.xml"); //print("<pre>".print_r($xmlSource,true)."</pre>"); foreach ($xmlSource->unit as $units) { printf( "<p>the card ID for %s at level one is %d.</p>", $units->name, $units->id ); if (isset($units->upgrade)) { foreach ($units->upgrade as $unitsUpgrade) { printf( "<p>the card ID for %s at level %d is %s.</p>", $units->name, $unitsUpgrade->level, $unitsUpgrade->card_id ); }}}