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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Loops Ping Pong

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Posted by Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

PHP: Ping Pong Simulation Game

Just thought I'd share this version of the Ping Pong Game. Code is Alena's with 1 or 2 little tweaks of my own. What do you think? :)

http://www.jonniegrieve.co.uk/jg-lab.co.uk/phpbasics-2016/pingpong.php

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>PHP: Ping Pong Simulation Game!</title>

    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab" rel="stylesheet">

</head>
<body>


    <style>
    /* Styles */
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;

        }

        body {
            background: pink;
            font-family: "Roboto Slab";

        }

        header {

            width: 100%;
            height: 150px;
            background: blue;
            color: white;

        }

        .pp_head {
            text-align: center;

        }

        .content {
            line-height: 1.5;
            position: relative;
            width: 400px;
            margin: 20px auto;
            background: yellow;
            /*padding: 15px;*/
            box-sizing: content-box;

        }

        div.rallies:nth-child(2n) {
            background: lightgreen;
            color: orangered;

        }

        .rallies {
            padding-left: 20px;
        }

        footer {
            text-align: center;
            margin-top: 20px;

        }

        .logo {
            position: relative; 
            top: 20px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            display: block;
            width: 100px;
            height: 100px;
            border-radius: 100%;

        }

        h2.winner {
            margin-top: 10px;
            padding: 10px;
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 17pt;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            color: red;
        }

        p span {
            font-weight: bold;

        }
    </style>


    <?php


        //initialise and declare variables for player and round scores.
        $player1 = 0;
        $player2 = 0;
        $round = 0;
    ?>






    <header>
        <img class="logo" src = "logo.png" />
    </header>

    <div class="pp_head">
        <h1>PHP Ping Pong Simulation Game</h1>

        <p> Let's play!</p>
    </div>

    <div class = "content">

        <div class="round">
            <?php

                //WIN
                //player must reach a score of 11
                //player must be a minimum of 2 point higher than opponent

                //continue the game while the absolute value is less than ;
                while (abs($player1 - $player2) < 2 || $player1 < 11 && $player2 < 11) {
                   $round++;
                   echo "<div class =\"rallies\">";
                   echo "<h2>Round $round</h2>\n";

                   //random scores between 1 (max) and 0 (min)
                   if(rand(0,1)) {
                     $player1++;

                   } else {
                     $player2++;
                   }
                   echo "Player1 = $player1<br />\n";
                   echo "Player2 = $player2<br />\n";
                   echo "</div>";
                }
            ?>
        </div>

        <div class = "winner">
            <?php
                if($player1 > $player2) {
                   echo "<h2 class=\"winner\">Player 1";
                } else {
                   echo "<h2 class=\"winner\">Player 2";
                }

                echo " is the winner after $round rounds</h2>"; 
            ?>
        </div>
     </div>

    <footer>
        <p>PHP Ping Pong Simulation Game. From Teehouse by Jonnie Grieve Digital Media</a></p> 
    </footer>
</body>

</html>
casthrademosthene
casthrademosthene
6,274 Points

Wow you took the game from a 1 to a 9... I love it.. You did a great job

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Good! :smile:

Amarria WordPress Design
Amarria WordPress Design
9,750 Points

Thanks for this.

Kat Stacy
Kat Stacy
41,658 Points

//continue the game while the absolute value is less than ; while (abs($player1 - $player2) < 2 || $player1 < 11 && $player2 < 11) Why do you use the logical operators where you do. In Alena's game, the score starts out with an absolute value of 5. So wouldn't the game be over if you use the || or logical operator where you do? If the absolute value needs to be greater than 2 for the loop to stop or the players must have a score of greater than 11 to win then I think the game should have ended before it began. Shouldn't the first logical operator be &&? And why is the second logical operator && shouldn't it be || since we only want one of the players to have a score greater than 11 to win? I am so confused by this lesson.

1 Answer

Kat Stacy
Kat Stacy
41,658 Points
Kat Stacy
Kat Stacy
41,658 Points

I think I know the answer to my question of why the certain logical operators where used.

while (abs($player1 - $player2) < 2 || $player1 < 11 && $player2 < 11)

While either of the conditions are true then the loop will continue to run. Even thought the first condition is false (bc the abs starting value is more than 2) the second condition is true so the while loop will continue to run until both conditions are false.