IAS/connectfour.php

<?php
/*

Bot for connectfour https://botsarena.tinad.fr/connectFour
by Gnieark https://blog-du-grouik.tinad.fr/ june 2016 
GNU GPL License

    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
5   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
4   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
3   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
2   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
1   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
0   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
      0  1  2  3  4  5  6
*/

header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST'); 
header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept');

function can_win($line,$myChar){
    //retourne la position du caractere a remplacer dans la ligne pour gagner

    if (strpos("+".$myChar.$myChar.$myChar,$line)  !== false ){
        return strpos("+".$myChar.$myChar.$myChar,$line);
    }
    if (strpos($myChar.$myChar.$myChar."+",$line)  !== false ){
        return strpos($myChar.$myChar.$myChar."+",$line) + 3;
    }
    return false;
}
function can_loose($line,$hisChar){
    //je pourrai perdre aux 2 prochains tours de jeu
    // retourne la place du caractere à remplacer pour éviter ça
    if (strpos("+".$hisChar.$hisChar.$hisChar,$line)  !== false ){
        return strpos("+".$hisChar.$hisChar.$hisChar,$line);
    }
    if (strpos($hisChar.$hisChar.$hisChar."+",$line)  !== false ){
        return strpos($hisChar.$hisChar.$hisChar."+",$line) + 3;
    }
    if (strpos("+".$hisChar.$hisChar."+",$line)  !== false ){
        return strpos("+".$hisChar.$hisChar."+",$line);
    }
    return false;
    
}
//replace "" by " ", it will simplify my code.
$in=str_replace('""','"_"',file_get_contents('php://input'));

$params=json_decode($in, TRUE);
switch($params['action']){
	case "init":
		echo '{"name":"Gnieark"}';
		break;
	case "play-turn":
		//find $opponent and clean grid
		for($x = 0; $x < 7 ; $x++){
		  for($y = 0; $y < 6 ; $y++){
		  
                    //find opponent
		    if(($params['board'][$y][$x] <> "_" ) && ($params['board'][$y][$x] <> $params['you'] )){
		      $opponent= $params['board'][$y][$x];
		    }
		    
		    //tester si la case est jouable (s'il y a un support en dessous)
		    if  (($params['board'][$y][$x] == "_" )   
                        AND (($y==0) OR ($params['board'][$y - 1][$x] <> "_"))
                        ){
                        //la case est jouable, je la marque par un "+"
                        $params['board'][$y][$x] = "+";
		    }
		  }
		}
		if((!isset($opponent)) && ($params['you'] == "X")){
		  $opponent="O";
		}elseif(!isset($opponent)){
		  $opponent="X";
		}

		//transformer la grille en lignes horizontales, verticales et diagonales
		
            
		
		//verticales
		for($x = 0; $x <7; $x ++){
                    $colStr="";
                    for($y = 0; $y <6; $y ++){
                        $colStr.= $params['board'][$y][$x];
                    }
                    if(can_win($colStr,$params['you']) !== false){
                        echo '{"play":'.$x.'}';
                        die;
                    }
                    if (can_loose($colStr,$opponent) !== false){
                        $colForNoLose = $x;
                    }
		}
		
		//horizontales
		for($y = 0; $y <6; $y ++){
                    $lnStr="";
                    for($x = 0; $x <7; $x ++){
                       $lnStr.= $params['board'][$y][$x]; 
                    }
                    if(can_win($lnStr,$params['you']) !== false){
                        echo '{"play":'.can_win($lnStr,$params['you']).'}';
                        die;
                    }
                    if (can_loose($lnStr,$opponent) !== false){
                        $colForNoLose = can_loose($lnStr,$opponent);
                    }
                    
		}
		
		
		//tester seulement les diagonales >= 4 cases
		
		for ($k = 0; $k < 4; $k ++){
		
                    //diagonale /
                    $diagStr="";
                    for($x=$k , $y=0; isset($params['board'][$y][$x]); $x++, $y++){
                        $diagStr.=$params['board'][$y][$x];
                    }
                   if(can_win($diagStr,$params['you']) !== false){
                        echo '{"play":'.$x.'}';
                        die;
                    }
                    if (can_loose($diagStr,$opponent) !== false){
                        $colForNoLose = $x;
                    }
                    
                    //diagonale \
                    $diagStr="";
                    for($x=$k , $y=5; isset($params['board'][$y][$x]); $x++, $y--){
                    $diagStr.=$params['board'][$y][$x];
                    }
                   if(can_win($diagStr,$params['you']) !== false){
                        echo '{"play":'.$x.'}';
                        die;
                    }
                    if (can_loose($diagStr,$opponent) !== false){
                        $colForNoLose = $x;
                    } 
                    
                    
		}		
		for ($k = 0; $k < 3; $k ++){
                    //diagonale /
                    $diagStr="";
                    for($x = 0, $y = $k ; isset($params['board'][$y][$x]); $x++, $y++){
                        $diagStr.=$params['board'][$y][$x];
                    }
                   if(can_win($diagStr,$params['you']) !== false){
                        echo '{"play":'.$x.'}';
                        die;
                    }
                    if (can_loose($diagStr,$opponent) !== false){
                        $colForNoLose = $x;
                    }
		}
		for ($k = 3 ; $k < 6 ; $k++){

                    //diagonales \
                    $diagStr="";
                    for($x=0 , $y=$k; isset($params['board'][$y][$x]); $x++, $y--){
                        $diagStr.=$params['board'][$y][$x];
                    }
                   if(can_win($diagStr,$params['you']) !== false){
                        echo '{"play":'.$x.'}';
                        die;
                    }
                    if (can_loose($diagStr,$opponent) !== false){
                        $colForNoLose = $x;
                    }
                   
                }

                //si j'arrive là, je ne gagne pas à ce tour
                if(isset($colForNoLose)){
                    echo '{"play":'.$colForNoLose.'}';
                    die;               
                }

                //still there? random
		
		$colAvailable=array();
		//dont play on full colomns
		for($i=0;$i<7;$i++){
  			if(($params['board'][5][$i] == "+") OR ($params['board'][5][$i] == "_")){
    				$colAvailable[]=$i;
  			}
		}
		
		shuffle($colAvailable);
		echo '{"play":'.$colAvailable[0].'}';

		
	//echo '{"play":"'.better_col($params['board'],$params['you'],$opponent,0).'"}';
		break;
	default:
		break;
}