Hockey Season problem

[pugg09]

Newbie Alert!!!

 

Sorry, but I'm really struggling with this project of mine.  I'm not have any problem storing the arrays, but what problem I'm having is that I always come up with the same order of games.  For example, from Game 1 to Game 10 all the teams play the same teams.  Can anyone help me?

 

 

 

	$theTeams = Array(13,12,8,7,4,2);

	$theTeamPointer = 2;
	$homeAway = "";

	$numGames = 10;

	$SEASON = Array();

	for($game = 0; $game<$numGames ; $game++){//game loop, create 12 home and away games for each team

	echo "<hr>Setting up Game #".$game;

			for($team = 0; $team < count($theTeams); $team++){//setting up each team's home and away game



				//SET UP THE HOME GAME FIRST----------------------------------------------------------------
				$homeAway = "home";
				echo "<BR><B>Setting up ".$homeAway." game ".$game." for Team #".$theTeams[$team]."</B>";
				//check to see if home game is set already
				if(is_int($SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway]))
				{ echo "<BR>->Game #".$game." for team ".$theTeams[$team]." is set against team #".$SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway]; }
				else
				{ echo "<BR>->Game #".$game." for team ".$theTeams[$team]." is empty."; 
				  //it's not set up yet, so find the first available team.
				  //make sure that the teamPointer is not pointing to the team we're setting a game up with
				  if($theTeams[$team] == $theTeams[$theTeamPointer]){
					echo "<BR>->Oops, ".$theTeams[$team]." is the same as ".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer].". Better increment.";
					//make sure that the team pointer isn't already at the end of the Team list, if it is, don't increment, set it back to 0
					if($theTeamPointer == count($theTeams)-1){
						//it's a the end reset it
						echo "<BR>-->Oops again, ".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer]." is at the end of my array, setting the index back to 0";
						$theTeamPointer = 0;
						}
					else {
						echo "<BR>-->Incrementing the pointer now from ".$theTeamPointer;
						$theTeamPointer++;
						echo " to ".$theTeamPointer;
						}
					}//end if($theTeams[$team] == $theTeams[$theTeamPointer])

				 //take this team and assign it as the Away team for this Home game
				 echo "<BR>Team #".$theTeams[$team]." will play against Team #".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer];


				 //SET THE GAME for the HOME team
				$SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway] = $theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
				echo "<BR>Game #".$game." for Team #".$theTeams[$team]."has a ".$homeAway." game against Team #".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
				echo "<BR>This is the value of HOME the SEASON array: ".$game."-".$team."-".$homeAway."=".$SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway];


				//SET THE GAME for the AWAY team

				//make sure that the away team doesn't already have a game set for that game#
				if(is_int($SEASON[$game][$theTeamPointer]["away"])){
					//a game for that game is set 
					echo "<BR>Game #".$game." is already taken for team ".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer];

					//loop to the end of the season, and find the next available game
					for($nextGame = ($game+1); $nextGame < $numGames; $nextGame++){
						echo "<BR>Checking to see if Game #".$nextGame." is available.";
						if(is_int($SEASON[$nextGame][$theTeamPointer]["away"])){
							echo "<BR>Game #".$nextGame." is full.";
							}
						else {
							echo "<BR>Game #".$nextGame." is available.";
							echo "<BR>Setting game....";
							echo "<BR>This is the value of AWAY the SEASON array:".$nextGame."-".$theTeamPointer."-"."away"." = ".$theTeams[$team];
							$SEASON[$nextGame][$theTeamPointer]["away"] = $theTeams[$team];

							if($theTeamPointer == count($theTeams)-1){ $theTeamPointer = 0; } else { $theTeamPointer++; }
							echo "<BR>Moving the team pointer to the next team in the array, which should be Team #";
				 			echo $theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
							$nextGame = $numGames;
							}
						}
					//$SEASON[$game][$theTeamPointer]["away"] = $theTeams[$team];
				}
				else
				{
					echo "<BR>This is the value of AWAY the SEASON array:".$game."-".$theTeamPointer."-"."away"." = ".$theTeams[$team];
					$SEASON[$game][$theTeamPointer]["away"] = $theTeams[$team];
				 	//this Away team has now been used, so move to the next team.
				 	if($theTeamPointer == count($theTeams)-1){ $theTeamPointer = 0; } else { $theTeamPointer++; }
				 	echo "<BR>Moving the team pointer to the next team in the array, which should be Team #";
				 	echo $theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
				 }
				}
				//--------------------------------------




				//SET UP THE AWAY GAME NEXT----------------------------------------------------------------
				$homeAway = "away";
				echo "<BR><B>Setting up ".$homeAway." game ".$game." for Team #".$theTeams[$team]."</B>";
				//check to see if home game is set already
				if(is_int($SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway]))
				{ echo "<BR>->Game #".$game." for team ".$theTeams[$team]." is set against team #".$SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway]; }
				else
				{ echo "<BR>->Game #".$game." for team ".$theTeams[$team]." is empty."; 
				  //it's not set up yet, so find the first available team.
				  //make sure that the teamPointer is not pointing to the team we're setting a game up with
				  if($theTeams[$team] == $theTeams[$theTeamPointer]){
					echo "<BR>->Oops, ".$theTeams[$team]." is the same as ".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer].". Better increment.";
					//make sure that the team pointer isn't already at the end of the Team list, if it is, don't increment, set it back to 0
					if($theTeamPointer == count($theTeams)-1){
						//it's a the end reset it
						echo "<BR>-->Oops again, ".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer]." is at the end of my array, setting the index back to 0";
						$theTeamPointer = 0;
						}
					else {
						echo "<BR>-->Incrementing the pointer now from ".$theTeamPointer;
						$theTeamPointer++;
						echo " to ".$theTeamPointer;
						}
					}//end if($theTeams[$team] == $theTeams[$theTeamPointer])

				 //take this team and assign it as the Away team for this Home game
				 echo "<BR>Team #".$theTeams[$team]." will play against Team #".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer];


				 //SET THE GAME for the AWAY team
				$SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway] = $theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
				echo "<BR>Game #".$game." for Team #".$theTeams[$team]."has a ".$homeAway." game against Team #".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
				echo "<BR>This is the value of AWAY the SEASON array: ".$game."-".$team."-".$homeAway."=".$SEASON[$game][$team][$homeAway];


				//SET THE GAME for the HOME team

				//make sure that the away team doesn't already have a game set for that game#
				if(is_int($SEASON[$game][$theTeamPointer]["home"])){
					//a game for that game is set 
					echo "<BR>Game #".$game." is already taken for team ".$theTeams[$theTeamPointer];

					//loop to the end of the season, and find the next available game
					for($nextGame = ($game+1); $nextGame < $numGames; $nextGame++){
						echo "<BR>Checking to see if Game #".$nextGame." is available.";
						if(is_int($SEASON[$nextGame][$theTeamPointer]["home"])){
							echo "<BR>Game #".$nextGame." is full.";
							}
						else {
							echo "<BR>Game #".$nextGame." is available.";
							echo "<BR>Setting game....";
							echo "<BR>This is the value of HOME the SEASON array:".$nextGame."-".$theTeamPointer."-"."home"." = ".$theTeams[$team];
							$SEASON[$nextGame][$theTeamPointer]["home"] = $theTeams[$team];

							if($theTeamPointer == count($theTeams)-1){ $theTeamPointer = 0; } else { $theTeamPointer++; }
							echo "<BR>Moving the team pointer to the next team in the array, which should be Team #";
				 			echo $theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
							$nextGame = $numGames;
							}
						}
					//$SEASON[$game][$theTeamPointer]["away"] = $theTeams[$team];
				}
				else
				{
					echo "<BR>This is the value of HOME the SEASON array:".$game."-".$theTeamPointer."-"."home"." = ".$theTeams[$team];
					$SEASON[$game][$theTeamPointer]["home"] = $theTeams[$team];
				 	//this Away team has now been used, so move to the next team.
				 	if($theTeamPointer == count($theTeams)-1){ $theTeamPointer = 0; } else { $theTeamPointer++; }
				 	echo "<BR>Moving the team pointer to the next team in the array, which should be Team #";
				 	echo $theTeams[$theTeamPointer];
				 }
				}
				//--------------------------------------


			}//end for($j = 0; $j < count($theTeams); $j++)


		}//end for($i = 0; $i<11 ; $i++){