how to dynamically code brackets?

[karimali831]

Hi,

 

I am looking to expand to support 512 brackets size for a tournament, hard-coding it will simply take forever and mistakes can easily be done.. anyone able to help me to use PHP to dynamically create the brackets?

 

example for front-end and back-end (admin) for 8-team bracket:

 

http://teamx1.com/v3/templates/8.html

http://teamx1.com/v3/admin/templates/8.html

 

Thanks for any help 

 

 

[jcanker]

Off the top of my head, you can build an array.  Are there 512 TEAMS or 512 Brackets (1024 teams).  probably a more efficient way to store/organize the array, but this is a 1st draft pointing you in the direction I'd go

 

$brackets512 = array();

$brackets512[0 thru 512]=array();

$bracket512[$i][0]==team1 ID

$bracket512[$i][1]==team1Score this round

$brackets512[$i][2]==team2 ID

$brackets512[$i][3]==team2Scorethis round

 

if($brackets512[$i][3] > $brackets512[$i][1] ==team2  moves on, else team1 moves on and gets placed in the appropriate slot in $brackets256 which follows the same array layout

 

If you want everything to be seedings, rather than winner 1/2 plays winner 3/4, then you can store another array, $seedings where index is the seed.  Just compare the index of the teams and place them in the appropriate index in $bracketsX

 

Like I said, rough draft with some holes to fill, but that should work

[xyph]

How are you getting the team information? How are you deciding which team faces which team? Where are you storing the tournament progress?

 

Coding for 512 'brackets' should be as easy as coding for 8, you're just looking at this in the wrong way I can keep helping once you give me the above information.