public function start()
{
// Start tournament's first round
$players = $this->get_players();
// Copy array so we can shift it to create games
$nbplayers = count($players);
if ($nbplayers < 2) {
return $this->end();
}
$theorical = Tournament::rounds_number($nbplayers);
if (!is_numeric($this->data->rounds_number)) {
$this->data->rounds_number = $theorical;
} else {
// Set at least the number of rounds implied by players
$this->data->rounds_number = max($this->data->rounds_number, $theorical);
}
$this->commit('data');
// Update tournament
$this->set_status(5);
$this->log('', 'start', '');
// Start first round
shuffle($players);
$matches = array();
while (count($players) > 1) {
$creator = array_shift($players);
$joiner = array_shift($players);
$matches[] = array($creator, $joiner);
}
while (count($players) > 0) {
$bye = array_shift($players);
$matches[] = array($bye, null);
}
$this->start_games($matches);
}
