jpbellavance

I think I have the solution. Because I am using a free hosting account with my hosting service they place this junk above page with their logo and ad info. When I moved it to a paid service I use with no company banners or such it worked perfectly. Try it here now. http://www.killerbeewebdesign.com/CardGame/war.php I wonder how it could interfere with the PHP? I would like to thank you for your help anyway. I was pulling my hair out for 4 hours dropping code here and there trying to figure it out when all along it was because of the hosting service. Virtual beer on me. Thanks, JPB

Any ideas why it might not work in Firefox or IE? Also there was a typo in the code I submitted that was fixed soon after I posted in regards to the method="post" part of the form. Thanks, JPB

I am sorry. You can see what happens right here. What happens is different based upon the browser. In Safari it seems to work OK. In IE and Firefox it may work twice. http://www.battlescapes.com/CardGame/war.php Thanks for responding!

I am trying to learn PHP on my own by creating a card game we all know as WAR. For right now I can get the code to randomly pick a number and then assign that number to a card within the deck. After that the card is assigned a numerical value to be weighed against the computer's card. It seems to work correctly but when I draw repeatedly from the deck it may work, it may not. When I use Safari it works better than when I use Explorer or Firefox. Also sometimes the banner gets deleted and only the Alt Text is displayed. I have added the code below and hope someone will be able to look at it. I have deleted some of the code related to the assigning of values to the card as it is only repeated over and over again. I am sorry I submitted this twice but I have changed the code a fair amount compared to the first post and I was not able to delete my other one. THanks, JPB <?php include ('header.html'); if (isset($_POST['submitted'])){//User did click. $twocards = create_newdeck(); echo ' <table width = "400" align="center"> <tr> <td width="200" align="center"><b>Computers Card</b></td> <td width="200" align="center"><b>Users Card</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="200" align="center">' . $twocards[0] . '</td> <td width="200" align="center">' . $twocards[2] . '</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="200" align="center">Card Value: ' . $twocards[1] . '</td> <td width="200" align="center">Card Value: ' . $twocards[3] . '</td> </tr> </table>'; }else{ // USER DID NOT CLICK. echo '<p align="center"><b>Please draw a card.</b></p>'; }//END OF if (isset($_POST['submitted'])) statement ?> <form method = "post" = "war.php"> <table width="770" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Draw"/></td> </tr> </table> <input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE"/> </form>'; <?php include('footer.html'); ?> <?php function create_newdeck(){ $randomcard1 = rand(1,56); $randomcard2 = rand(1,56); $deck = array(1=> '1C', '2C', '3C', '4C', '5C', '6C', '7C', '8C', '9C', '10C', 'JC', 'QC', 'KC', 'AC', '1S', '2S', '3S', '4S', '5S', '6S', '7S', '8S', '9S', '10S', 'JS', 'QS', 'KS', 'AS', '1H', '2H', '3H', '4H', '5H', '6H', '7H', '8H', '9H', '10H', 'JH', 'QH', 'KH', 'AH', '1D', '2D', '3D', '4D', '5D', '6D', '7D', '8D', '9D', '10D', 'JD', 'QD', 'KD', 'AD'); //MAKE SURE THE SAME CARD CANNOT BE DRAWN. while ($randomcard1 == $randomcard2){//GET NEW CARD $randomcard2 = rand(1,56); } $usercard = $deck[$randomcard1]; $usercardvalue = getcardvalue($usercard); $computercard = $deck[$randomcard2]; $computercardvalue = getcardvalue($computercard); $cardarray = array($usercard, $usercardvalue, $computercard, $computercardvalue); return $cardarray; }//END OF FIRST IF. function getcardvalue($card) { //ASSIGN VALUE TO CARD switch ($card) { case '1C': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '1S': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '1H': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '1D': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '2C': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '2S': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '2H': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '2D': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '3C': $value =3; return($value); break; case '3S': $value = 3; return($value); break; case '3H': $value = 3; return($value); break; }//END OF SWITCH }//END OF FUNCTION ?>

Sorry. cardfunctions.php <?php function create_newdeck(){ $randomcard1 = rand(0,55); $randomcard2 = rand(0,55); $deck = array(1=> '1C', '2C', '3C', '4C', '5C', '6C', '7C', '8C', '9C', '10C', 'JC', 'QC', 'KC', 'AC', '1S', '2S', '3S', '4S', '5S', '6S', '7S', '8S', '9S', '10S', 'JS', 'QS', 'KS', 'AS', '1H', '2H', '3H', '4H', '5H', '6H', '7H', '8H', '9H', '10H', 'JH', 'QH', 'KH', 'AH', '1D', '2D', '3D', '4D', '5D', '6D', '7D', '8D', '9D', '10D', 'JD', 'QD', 'KD', 'AD'); //MAKE SURE THE SAME CARD CANNOT BE DRAWN. if ($randomcard1 == $randomcard2){//GET NEW CARD $randomcard2 = rand(0,55); if ($randomcard1 == $randomcard2){//DO AGAIN IF CARD IS AGAIN THE SAME. $randomcard2 = rand(0,55); }//END OF SECOND RANDOM DRAWING //END OF FIRST RANDOM DRAWING }else{ $usercard = $deck[$randomcard1]; $usercardvalue = getcardvalue($usercard); $computercard = $deck[$randomcard2]; $computercardvalue = getcardvalue($computercard); $cardarray = array($usercard, $usercardvalue, $computercard, $computercardvalue); return $cardarray; }//END OF FIRST IF. } function getcardvalue($card) { //ASSIGN VALUE TO CARD switch ($card) { case '1C': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '1S': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '1H': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '1D': $value = 1; return($value); break; case '2C': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '2S': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '2H': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '2D': $value = 2; return($value); break; case '3C': $value =3; return($value); break; case '3S': $value = 3; return($value); break; case '3H': $value = 3; return($value); break; case '3D': $value = 3; return($value); break; case '4C': $value =4; return($value); break; case '4S': $value = 4; return($value); break; case '4H': $value = 4; return($value); break; case '4D': $value = 4; return($value); break; case '5C': $value =5; return($value); break; case '5S': $value = 5; return($value); break; case '5H': $value = 5; return($value); break; case '5D': $value = 5; return($value); break; case '6C': $value =6; return($value); break; case '6S': $value = 6; return($value); break; case '6H': $value = 6; return($value); break; case '6D': $value = 6; return($value); break; case '7C': $value =7; return($value); break; case '7S': $value = 7; return($value); break; case '7H': $value = 7; return($value); break; case '7D': $value = 7; return($value); break; case '8C': $value =8; return($value); break; case '8S': $value = 8; return($value); break; case '8H': $value = 8; return($value); break; case '8D': $value = 8; return($value); break; case '9C': $value =9; return($value); break; case '9S': $value = 9; return($value); break; case '9H': $value = 9; return($value); break; case '9D': $value = 9; return($value); break; case '10C': $value =10; return($value); break; case '10S': $value = 10; return($value); break; case '10H': $value = 10; return($value); break; case '10D': $value = 10; return($value); break; case 'JC': $value =11; return($value); break; case 'JS': $value = 11; return($value); break; case 'JH': $value = 11; return($value); break; case 'JD': $value = 11; return($value); break; case 'QC': $value =12; return($value); break; case 'QS': $value = 12; return($value); break; case 'QH': $value = 12; return($value); break; case 'QD': $value = 12; return($value); break; case 'KC': $value =13; return($value); break; case 'KS': $value = 13; return($value); break; case 'KH': $value = 13; return($value); break; case 'KD': $value = 13; return($value); break; case 'AC': $value =14; return($value); break; case 'AS': $value = 14; return($value); break; case 'AH': $value = 14; return($value); break; case 'AD': $value = 14; return($value); break; }//END OF SWITCH }//END OF FUNCTION ?>

Hello, I am learning PHP by creating a small project to play the Card game WAR. On the page I have the user click DRAW. The program than pulls a function from another PHP file that picks a random number from a deck and then uses that number within a SWITCH statement to assign to a name card such as 4C = four of clubs. I am able to two cards returned back to an array on my main page in display it. One for the computer and one for the user. Later I will write the code for who wins. The first draw is successful but a repeated draw does not seem to do anything. I have included the .php code. Any information or hints will be greatly appreciated with a virtual Guinness. Thanks in advance. website: http://www.battlescapes.com/CardGame/frontpage.php <?php include ('header.html'); include('cardfunctions.php'); if (isset($_POST['submitted'])){//User did click. $twocards = create_newdeck(); echo ' <table width = "400" align="center"> <tr> <td width="200" align="center"><b>Computers Cards</b></td> <td width="200" align="center"><b>Users Cards</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="200" align="center">' . $twocards[0] . '</td> <td width="200" align="center">' . $twocards[2] . '</td> </tr> </table>'; }else{ // USER DID NOT CLICK. echo '<p align="center"><b>Please draw a card.</b></p>'; }//END OF if (isset($_POST['submitted'])) statement ?> <form action = "war.php" method="post"> <table width="770" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Draw"/></td> </tr> </table> <input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE"/> </form> <?php include('footer.html'); ?>