php dice roller

[skbanta]

can someone provide some help on what functions i'd need to code a little game where two people both roll 2 six sided dice and their rolls are added up and whoever has the higher total wins, with graphics for the dice

[LemonInflux]

This can't be done in PHP, because PHP can't use animations. You could do it in flash or similar, and return the value of the dice to a PHP script though.

 

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[pankirk]

Or you could use javascript and php random number functions to get a random number which will be the result of the dice. or instead of javascript you could make an animated gif dice which will show.

[LemonInflux]

That's a point, yes. If you had a different animation for each dice outcome, it could be done in AJAX

 

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[skbanta]

i dont mean it has to be animated, i meant that in when the result is shown it shows a picture of whatever side the dice was rolled for both dice and pictures of what the opponent rolled , like your on one page both players click roll and then another page loads on each's browser displaying pictures of the side of the dice that was rolled with their totals scores under the dice pictures and the winner at the top, is it possible?

[LemonInflux]

Oh, ok then. In which case, have a script in PHP that generates the numbers, and use AJAX to display and manipulate the returned values.

 

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[skbanta]

what kinda of functions am i going to need to make that script? ive never used any number generator with php yet, just simpler stuff

 

Oh, ok then. In which case, have a script in PHP that generates the numbers, and use AJAX to display and manipulate the returned values.

 

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[xoligy]

i have something like this in an ebook at home tho its only the one dice unfortunatly but im sure you could figure out how to make it work with two i wount have access to the internet till monday now but if your send me your email via pm i'll gladly send you the book then if that helps?

[LemonInflux]

rand(1,6)

 

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[xoligy]

You can do more than that you can display the right image and even have comments like "Snake Eyes!"

[skbanta]

so how would i do two rand(1,6) for each person? i'd give each die a variable like $die1 and $die2 and then add them, but how would i choose a different random for each one and display the picture according to the number generated?

[Adam]

$dice1 = rand(0, 6);

$dice2 = rand(0, 6);

 

for each roll...

[LemonInflux]

$dice1 = rand(0, 6);

$dice2 = rand(0, 6);

 

for each roll...

 

rand(1,6). rand(0,6) returns 7 values. There are only 6

 

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[Adam]

or for 2 rolls for each user..

 

$user1dice1 = rand(0, 6);

$user1dice2 = rand(0, 6);

 

$user2dice1 = rand(0, 6);

$user2dice2 = rand(0, 6);

[Adam]

yeah sorry.. rand(1, 6);

[PHPTOM]

<?PHP

/*

Basically have an animate image for a dice being roled or something. This is the basis of the script on what you can build on

*/

if($_POST['submit']){ //if they have pressed the submit button

$player1roll1 = rand(1,6);

$player1roll2 = rand(1,6);

 

$player2roll1 = rand(1,6);

$player2roll2 = rand(1,6);

 

$player1sum = $player1roll1 + $player1roll2;

$player2sum = $player2roll1 + $player2roll2;

 

if($player1sum > $player2sum){

echo "Player 1 won";

}elseif($player2sum > $player1sum){

echo "Player 2 won";

}else{

echo "Draw";

}

echo '<img src="'.$player1roll1.'.jpg" />'; //echo the image for roll 1 of player 1

echo '<img src="'.$player1roll2.'.jpg" />'; //echo the image for roll 2 of player 1

 

echo '<img src="'.$player2roll1.'.jpg" />'; //echo the image for roll 1 of player 2

echo '<img src="'.$player2roll2.'.jpg" />'; //echo the image for roll 2 of player 2

 

}else{

?>

<form method="post">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Roll dice" />

</form>

<?PHP } ?>

[skbanta]

that helped a lot, pretty easy to understand, i just one more question though, for the Player 1 Wins or Player 2 Wins, if i wanted to use the players names (signed in usernames), would it just be getting username info from their cookies set at sign in?

[PHPTOM]

Yeah. When they login, you would check them against a database table, then if successfull set a cookie or a session. If you need help in that area, create a new topic.