• 12Nov

    PHP Tutorial 028: The Story. Version 2: in the terminal

    PHP Tutorials

    Here I am showing how PHP can be used in a way that isn’t on a server or web page. You can use PHP in a terminal to make a game, or you can use it for more practical uses like a more elaborate sh or batch file in a command line interface. If you recall in the previous tutorial (020), I made up a story. Well, now we can introduce this to where it is somewhat like a game. It can be like a game because we can get the user’s input easily through the terminal. Note that this is not made for a server, but the command line interface. There are two parts of this tutorial.
    This tutorial goes over the following goals:
    Use the terminal to execute PHP
    Use the terminal to get data from the user(instead of the web browser)
    Use php in the terminal to give information back
    Make a game.
    You can find this tutorial video on youtube here.

    Part 2This tutorial goes over the following goals:
    Use the terminal to execute PHP
    Use the terminal to get data from the user(instead of the web browser)
    Use php in the terminal to give information back
    Make a game.
    You can find this tutorial video on youtube here.

    Here are the sources used in this tutorial:
    tut028.php
    <?php
//PHP Tutorial 028 Terminal Usage
//or the from the command line
//add ;C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0
// on the end of your PATH system variable in windows if you use WAMP
//echo "tacos eat lunch for dinner";
//for more info go to http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php
echo "what is your name blessed ? ";
$name = trim(fgets(STDIN));
/*echo "Hello $name how are you this day? ";
$howami = trim(fgets(STDIN));
echo "Well that is just dandy, you are $howami.";*/ 

echo "Hello, $name, it was a dark and stormy ";
$x = rand(1,6);
$save =  mktime(0,0,0,2,$x,1995);
echo date("l",$save);
echo " night! You are with ";
$people =  rand(2,40);
echo $people;
echo " other people, and you want to go and mow the grand lawn of the ages! ";
echo "\nOne of your best friends, ";
$friends = array();
$friends[] = "Joe";
$friends[] = "James";
$friends[] = "John";
$friends[] = "Jacob";
$friend = $friends[rand(0,count($friends)-1)];
echo $friend;
echo " wants to join you on your wonderful adventure! Now, you must decide to let him or not!\n";
echo "\nSay Y for Yes, and N for no. ";
$yon = strtoupper(trim(fgets(STDIN)));
$yesorno = 0;
if($yon == "Y"){
$yesorno = 1;
}
if($yesorno){
	echo " You said yes to $friend!";
}else{
	echo " You said no to $friend!";
}
echo "\n Because you said, ";
if($yesorno){
	echo "yes";
}else{
	echo "no";
}
echo ", your friend is quite ";
if($yesorno){
	echo "happy!";
}else{
	echo "sad.";
}
echo " Now you and ";
if($yesorno){
	echo $people + 1;
}else{
	echo $people;
}
echo " other people traveled over the Neatherlands! ";
?>

    Here are all the php functions used in this tutorial:

    array count date echo fgets mktime rand strtoupper trim

    Posted by Kloplop321 @ 9:59 pm

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