//var_dump($deck); function countCards($deck) { //while count recursive will count the total amount of ALL elements in deck array, including suits, I subtract the amount of suits from the total $count = count($deck, COUNT_RECURSIVE) - count($deck); return $count; } /* * Bring in your createDeck and dealCards function For the specified number of players below, assign each one an even set of cards. We will do this by counting out how many players there are, counting how many cards are in the deck. then dividing them so we know how many cards each player should get */ $num_players = 4; //already in code from the start $num_cards_in_deck = countCards($deck); //echo $num_cards_in_deck; //proves my countCards function works $num_cards_to_give_each_player = $num_cards_in_deck / $num_players; //echo $num_cards_to_give_each_player; //proves my equation to determine the amount of cards to deal works /* use a for loop to add the "dealt hands" to the $players array */ $players = array(); for ($i = 1; $i <= $num_players; $i++) { $players[$i] = dealCards($deck, $num_cards_to_give_each_player); } //var_dump($players); /* lets create a simple game each player will play a card and whoever has the highest value wins. if there are 2 cards played that have the same value everybody loses and that round is now a draw.
function makeGame() { session_destroy(); session_start(); //set game stat $_SESSION['blackjack_state'] = "in_game"; //create deck $_SESSION['blackjack_deck'] = array("2-c", "3-c", "4-c", "5-c", "6-c", "7-c", "8-c", "9-c", "10-c", "j-c", "q-c", "k-c", "a-c", "2-d", "3-d", "4-d", "5-d", "6-d", "7-d", "8-d", "9-d", "10-d", "j-d", "q-d", "k-d", "a-d", "2-h", "3-h", "4-h", "5-h", "6-h", "7-h", "8-h", "9-h", "10-h", "j-h", "q-h", "k-h", "a-h", "2-s", "3-s", "4-s", "5-s", "6-s", "7-s", "8-s", "9-s", "10-s", "j-s", "q-s", "k-s", "a-s"); //shuffle deck shuffle($_SESSION['blackjack_deck']); //temp counter $count = 0; //deal player cards for ($x = 0; $x < 2; $x++) { $_SESSION['blackjack_player'][] = $_SESSION['blackjack_deck'][$count]; $_SESSION['blackjack_dealer'][] = $_SESSION['blackjack_deck'][$count + 1]; $count = $count + 2; } //display players cards for ($x = 0; $x < 2; $x++) { $temp = explode('-', $_SESSION['blackjack_player'][$x]); $_SESSION['blackjack_player_cards'][] = $temp[0]; $_SESSION['blackjack_player_suits'][] = $temp[1]; } //deal dealers card for ($x = 0; $x < 2; $x++) { $temp = explode('-', $_SESSION['blackjack_dealer'][$x]); $_SESSION['blackjack_dealer_cards'][] = $temp[0]; $_SESSION['blackjack_dealer_suits'][] = $temp[1]; } //check if dealer was dealt blackjack if (countCards($_SESSION['blackjack_dealer_cards']) == 21) { echo "Dealer Won. He was dealt blackjack..."; } else { $_SESSION['blackjack_card_count'] = 4; } }