Help understanding a script

I was wondering if anyone can help explain this code for me

[CODE
]<table width="<?= $TABLE_WIDTH ?>" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" >
<?php
for ($x=1; $x<=pow(2, $COLUMNS); $x++) {
// open the row
printf('<tr>');

// draw each of the columns in this row...
for ($y=1; $y<=$COLUMNS; $y++) {

// begin with a default style
$style = "line";
$value = "";

// Determine the content for the data cells (if there is any) and
// add the underline style always
if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
[/code]
From what I try to understand this code

if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
 

would be a smaller number divided by a larger number and would give the remainder. I have tried a smaller number divided by a larger number in a simple script, but the remainder always seems to equal the smaller number.

[code]
<?php
$a=6;
$b=11;
$c=$a%$b;

echo "$a % $b = $c";

?>

[Geoff Berrow]

Message-ID: <q9mTf.1326$3t1 .818@trndny08> from <ne****@php.wor ld>
contained the following:

would be a smaller number divided by a larger number and would give the remainder. I have tried a smaller number divided by a larger number in a simple script, but the remainder always seems to equal the smaller number.

well...yeah.

six divided by eleven = zero, remainder six

--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

[ME]

Interesting. Back when I was taught this in school you would skip the units
and put a decimal and move to the tenths and change six to sixty, thereby
never knowing this. Any whoo still dont understand script.

[Geoff Berrow]

Message-ID: <5FmTf.1327$3t1 .1243@trndny08> from [e-mail] contained
the following:

Interesting. Back when I was taught this in school you would skip the units
and put a decimal and move to the tenths and change six to sixty, thereby
never knowing this. Any whoo still dont understand script.

What is it supposed to do?
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Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

[Roger Dodger]

Geoff Berrow wrote:

Message-ID: <5FmTf.1327$3t1 .1243@trndny08> from [e-mail] contained
the following:

Interesting. Back when I was taught this in school you would skip the units
and put a decimal and move to the tenths and change six to sixty, thereby
never knowing this. Any whoo still dont understand script.

What is it supposed to do?
--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

I can't figure out what it's supposed to do. Do you have more code?
There is definitely a regular relationship as the code below shows.
But what is that relationship used for?
<?php
echo '<table border="1" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" >';
echo '<tr><th>$x</th><th>$y</th><th>$x % pow(2, $y)</th><th>pow(2,
$y-1)</th>';
echo
'<th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th>';
echo '<th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th></tr>';
for ($x=1; $x<=pow(2, 10); $x++) {
for ($y=1; $y<=10; $y++) {

$xcmp = $x % pow(2, $y);
$ycmp = pow(2, $y-1);
if ($xcmp == $ycmp) {
echo "<tr><td>$x </td><td>$y</td><td
align=\"center\ ">".$xcmp." </td>";
echo "<td align=\"center\ ">".$ycmp." </td>";
for ($i=1; $i<=10; $i++){
if ($i == $ycmp) echo "<td>X</td>";
else echo "<td>&nbsp</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}
}
}
echo '</table>';
?>

[Ben Bacarisse]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:52:54 +0000, newbie wrote:

I was wondering if anyone can help explain this code for me

  <table width="<?= $TABLE_WIDTH ?>" border="0" cellspacing="0"
         cellpadding="0">
 <?php
 for ($x=1; $x<=pow(2, $COLUMNS); $x++) {
     // open the row
     printf('<tr>');

     // draw each of the columns in this row...
     for ($y=1; $y<=$COLUMNS; $y++) {

         // begin with a default style
         $style = "line";
         $value = "";

         // Determine the content for the data cells (if there is any)
         // and add the underline style always
         if (($x % pow(2, $y)) ==  pow(2, $y-1)) {
 

From what I try to understand this code

  if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
  

would be a smaller number divided by a larger number and would give the
remainder. I have tried a smaller number divided by a larger number in a
simple script, but the remainder always seems to equal the smaller
number.

Not always. $x is often bigger than pow(2, $y). It looks like code you'd
use to layout the draw in an N-round knockout tournament (N == $COLUMNS):

The cells selected by that test alternate in the first column, are one in
four of the second, one in eight in the third and so on... All lined up
so no row has more than one selected cell. It is quite clever but it
could do with a comment or two, though!

What is it actually for?

--
Ben.

[ME]

Yes it is for a round knockout tournament, it uses a ini file for data. I
want to convert the script to be used in a database for a site. Here is the
rest of the code. I found it on the internet, the guys was giving the code
for people to download for free. The top part ot the code above the php code
is actually the ini file that was name .txt that i switch to .php thinking i
could use it for variable and getting info from the db, which i have found I
can't, and need to recode everything but the math.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
[bracket]
columns = 5;
column_width = 120;
title = "Your Title Here";
 
[column7]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
9 = ""
10 = ""
11 = ""
12 = ""
13 = ""
14 = ""
15 = ""
16 = ""
17 = ""
18 = ""
19 = ""
20 = ""
21 = ""
22 = ""
23 = ""
24 = ""
25 = ""
26 = ""
27 = ""
28 = ""
29 = ""
30 = ""
31 = ""
32 = ""
33 = ""
34 = ""
35 = ""
36 = ""
37 = ""
38 = ""
39 = ""
40 = ""
41 = ""
42 = ""
43 = ""
44 = ""
45 = ""
46 = ""
47 = ""
48 = ""
49 = ""
50 = ""
51 = ""
52 = ""
53 = ""
54 = ""
55 = ""
56 = ""
57 = ""
58 = ""
59 = ""
60 = ""
61 = ""
62 = ""
63 = ""
64 = ""
 
[column6]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
9 = ""
10 = ""
11 = ""
12 = ""
13 = ""
14 = ""
15 = ""
16 = ""
17 = ""
18 = ""
19 = ""
20 = ""
21 = ""
22 = ""
23 = ""
24 = ""
25 = ""
26 = ""
27 = ""
28 = ""
29 = ""
30 = ""
31 = ""
32 = ""
 
[column5]
1 = "team name between quotes"
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
9 = ""
10 = ""
11 = ""
12 = ""
13 = ""
14 = ""
15 = ""
16 = ""
 
[column4]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
 
[column3]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
 
[column2]
1 = ""
2 = ""
 
[column1]
1 = "<i>Champion</i>"
 
 
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
<?php
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
$DATA         = parse_ini_file("data_sheet.php", true);
$COLUMNS      = $DATA["bracket"]["columns"];
$COLUMN_WIDTH = $DATA["bracket"]["column_width"];
$TABLE_WIDTH  = $COLUMN_WIDTH * $COLUMNS;
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?= htmlspecialchars($DATA["bracket"]["title"]); ?></title>
<style type="text/css">
P {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
color : Black;
}
EM {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
color : #CC0000;
}
A {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
color : Blue;
}
.line {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
 
}
.line-right {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
border-right : 1px solid Red;
}
.line-under {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
border-bottom : 1px solid Green;
}
.line-under-right {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
border-bottom : 1px solid Blue;
border-right : 1px solid Grey;
}
.right {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : bold;
color : Green;
}
.wrong {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : bold;
color : Red;
}
</style>
</head>
 
<body bgcolor="blue" leftmargin="20" topmargin="20" rightmargin="20"
bottommargin="20" marginwidth="20">
<div align="center">
<table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20"
bgcolor="gray">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">
<p>
 
<h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<?= htmlspecialchars($DATA["bracket"]["title"]); ?>
</h1>
 
<table width="<?= $TABLE_WIDTH ?>" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
<?php
for ($x=1; $x<=pow(2, $COLUMNS); $x++) {
// open the row
printf('<tr>');
 
// draw each of the columns in this row...
for ($y=1; $y<=$COLUMNS; $y++) {
 
// begin with a default style
$style = "line";
$value = "";
 
// Determine the content for the data cells (if there is any) and
// add the underline style always
if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
$round    = "column" . ($COLUMNS - $y +1);
$posit    = ceil($x/pow(2, $y));
$data    = (isset($DATA[$round][$posit])) ?
trim($DATA[$round][$posit]) : '';
$parts    = split("\|", $data);
$value    = array_shift($parts);
$value    = sprintf($value);
$style .= "-under";
}
 
// Add the right bar line for cells that need it...
if ($y != $COLUMNS) {
if ((($x + pow(2, $y-1) - 1) % pow(2, $y+1)) >= pow(2, $y)) {
$style .= "-right";
}
}
 
// make sure we don't print empty content
if (empty($value)) {
$value = "&nbsp;";
}
 
// draw this cell
printf('<td width="%d" class="%s">%s</td>',
$COLUMN_WIDTH, $style, $value);
print("\n");
}
 
// close the row
printf("</tr>\n");
}
?>
</table>
</p>
 
<p align="left">
****NOTE****<br>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
</div>
 
 
</body>
</html>
 

Any help with converting code to be used with a db would be greatly
appreciated.

[Jamer]

Yes it is for a round knockout tournament, it uses a ini file for data. I
want to convert the script to be used in a database for a site. Here is the
rest of the code. I found it on the internet, the guys was giving the code
for people to download for free. The top part ot the code above the php code
is actually the ini file that was name .txt that i switch to .php thinking i
could use it for variable and getting info from the db, which i have found I
can't, and need to recode everything but the math.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
[bracket]
columns = 5;
column_width = 120;
title = "Your Title Here";
 
[column7]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
9 = ""
10 = ""
11 = ""
12 = ""
13 = ""
14 = ""
15 = ""
16 = ""
17 = ""
18 = ""
19 = ""
20 = ""
21 = ""
22 = ""
23 = ""
24 = ""
25 = ""
26 = ""
27 = ""
28 = ""
29 = ""
30 = ""
31 = ""
32 = ""
33 = ""
34 = ""
35 = ""
36 = ""
37 = ""
38 = ""
39 = ""
40 = ""
41 = ""
42 = ""
43 = ""
44 = ""
45 = ""
46 = ""
47 = ""
48 = ""
49 = ""
50 = ""
51 = ""
52 = ""
53 = ""
54 = ""
55 = ""
56 = ""
57 = ""
58 = ""
59 = ""
60 = ""
61 = ""
62 = ""
63 = ""
64 = ""
 
[column6]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
9 = ""
10 = ""
11 = ""
12 = ""
13 = ""
14 = ""
15 = ""
16 = ""
17 = ""
18 = ""
19 = ""
20 = ""
21 = ""
22 = ""
23 = ""
24 = ""
25 = ""
26 = ""
27 = ""
28 = ""
29 = ""
30 = ""
31 = ""
32 = ""
 
[column5]
1 = "team name between quotes"
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
9 = ""
10 = ""
11 = ""
12 = ""
13 = ""
14 = ""
15 = ""
16 = ""
 
[column4]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
5 = ""
6 = ""
7 = ""
8 = ""
 
[column3]
1 = ""
2 = ""
3 = ""
4 = ""
 
[column2]
1 = ""
2 = ""
 
[column1]
1 = "<i>Champion</i>"
 
 
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
<?php
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
$DATA         = parse_ini_file("data_sheet.php", true);
$COLUMNS      = $DATA["bracket"]["columns"];
$COLUMN_WIDTH = $DATA["bracket"]["column_width"];
$TABLE_WIDTH  = $COLUMN_WIDTH * $COLUMNS;
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?= htmlspecialchars($DATA["bracket"]["title"]); ?></title>
<style type="text/css">
P {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
color : Black;
}
EM {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
color : #CC0000;
}
A {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
color : Blue;
}
.line {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
 
}
.line-right {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
border-right : 1px solid Red;
}
.line-under {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
border-bottom : 1px solid Green;
}
.line-under-right {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px;
border-bottom : 1px solid Blue;
border-right : 1px solid Grey;
}
.right {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : bold;
color : Green;
}
.wrong {
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : bold;
color : Red;
}
</style>
</head>
 
<body bgcolor="blue" leftmargin="20" topmargin="20" rightmargin="20"
bottommargin="20" marginwidth="20">
<div align="center">
<table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20"
bgcolor="gray">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">
<p>
 
<h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<?= htmlspecialchars($DATA["bracket"]["title"]); ?>
</h1>
 
<table width="<?= $TABLE_WIDTH ?>" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
<?php
for ($x=1; $x<=pow(2, $COLUMNS); $x++) {
// open the row
printf('<tr>');
 
// draw each of the columns in this row...
for ($y=1; $y<=$COLUMNS; $y++) {
 
// begin with a default style
$style = "line";
$value = "";
 
// Determine the content for the data cells (if there is any) and
// add the underline style always
if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
$round    = "column" . ($COLUMNS - $y +1);
$posit    = ceil($x/pow(2, $y));
$data    = (isset($DATA[$round][$posit])) ?
trim($DATA[$round][$posit]) : '';
$parts    = split("\|", $data);
$value    = array_shift($parts);
$value    = sprintf($value);
$style .= "-under";
}
 
// Add the right bar line for cells that need it...
if ($y != $COLUMNS) {
if ((($x + pow(2, $y-1) - 1) % pow(2, $y+1)) >= pow(2, $y)) {
$style .= "-right";
}
}
 
// make sure we don't print empty content
if (empty($value)) {
$value = "&nbsp;";
}
 
// draw this cell
printf('<td width="%d" class="%s">%s</td>',
$COLUMN_WIDTH, $style, $value);
print("\n");
}
 
// close the row
printf("</tr>\n");
}
?>
</table>
</p>
 
<p align="left">
****NOTE****<br>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
</div>
 
 
</body>
</html>
 

Any help with converting code to be used with a db would be greatly
appreciated.
<ne****@php.wor ld> wrote in message news:q9mTf.1326 $3t1.818@trndny 08...

I was wondering if anyone can help explain this code for me

[CODE
]<table width="<?= $TABLE_WIDTH ?>" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" >
<?php
for ($x=1; $x<=pow(2, $COLUMNS); $x++) {
// open the row
printf('<tr>');

// draw each of the columns in this row...
for ($y=1; $y<=$COLUMNS; $y++) {

// begin with a default style
$style = "line";
$value = "";

// Determine the content for the data cells (if there is any) and
// add the underline style always
if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
[/code]
From what I try to understand this code

 if (($x % pow(2, $y)) == pow(2, $y-1)) {
 

would be a smaller number divided by a larger number and would give the
remainder. I have tried a smaller number divided by a larger number in a
simple script, but the remainder always seems to equal the smaller number.

[code]
<?php
$a=6;
$b=11;
$c=$a%$b;

echo "$a % $b = $c";

?>