Re: need an idea, please help

Neat idea, except if the players use something besides a mail queue (pop3) then they would have to know when to check their mail for the new mail and we are back where we started. But that would work in some situations. Thanks for the idea. ---Matt On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Michael J. Seely wrote: > HI Matt > I've started to do this on a few occasions but have never had > the time to finish. The approach I was going to use is simple. > Use the Mail function to send the next person an e-mail with > a link to a web page. This is a php page and takes 64 field/value > arguments. i.e., > http://theserver.com/thepage.php3?a1=br&a2=bb&a3=bk and > so on. > When the person clicks on the link, the page builds the board > for them and waits for them to hit a <FORM> send button that has > their move info. > Using a naming convention for images, you need to make a > black and white image for each piece, i.e., black king=bk, white > pawn=wp, ... . Use a table with BGCOLOR set for each <TD> This will > make the checkerboard pattern for the board. You could use a fill > image, i.e., <TD BACKGROUND="wood.jpg">to make the board look like > wood, marble,... > > Part of the process could write a text file that keeps a log of all > moves. If you don't want to pass the board layout in the url, you can > write the same info to a tab-delimited file that is replaced each > time. Use the EXPLODE function to parse out a1,a2,a3,a4,... values. > You could add a replay button if you want to get fancy. > I would suggest building the board html and images first. > After you get the "look" that you want then make the php to build it. > > Good Luck - Mike > > >I am trying to writing a php online chess game as a way to learn PHP(hey, > >might as well enjoy the testing process :) ). Does anyone know how to get > >the server to send a refresh command to 1 client after the other has made > >a move. my only other option that I can see really is to have a java > >chat-type applet that when 1 player moves, sends a message to the other > >client to hit the refresh button. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > >Thanks in advance. > >---Matt > >PS. Sorry if this rather an obvious thing to ask. I have much to learn > >but I am trying. > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > > > >>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'>'> > Michael Seely mseely@cimworld.com 408-777-9949 >