Code Contest?

BuzzLY

Anyone interested in some sort of code competition? It could be fun for anyone interested in trying their hand at it, and a good learning experience for those just interested in watching.

The idea would be that we come up with code that performs a certain task, with a goal in mind.

For example, one task could be to print the words "Hello World" in a browser, but the goal would be to make the code as complex and hard to follow as you possibly can.

So, whaddya say? Any interest? If so, let's use the "Hello World" app as our first competition.

Task: Print "Hello World" in a browser window.
Goal: Make the code as long, complex, and confusing as you can.
Restrictions: Only print "Hello World" one time. Only PHP code will be counted (you can use HTML of course, but it won't be counted toward the Goal above). No database access.

The only thing I ask is that if the resulting file is too big, post it as a .txt attachment instead of posting all the code in thread. Just use your best judgement.

Good luck, and have fun!

Tekron-X

I will start out with the following if I need to I can get worse...

<?//hello world
$sayhello=1;if($sayhello==1){for($i=0;$i<$sayhello;$i++)
{echo"Hello World";}}
else{echo"No Hello Eh";}?>

Lol it does work 😃

Bunkermaster

using sourceguardian obfuscating is not allowed I gather...

BuzzLY

Bunker: LOL... no, it needs to be readable by humans. 😃

Nice try though.

However, use Broken Source as much as you like!

Tektron: That was pretty straightforward. Come on, do your worst!!

Tekron-X

It is readable lol 😃

Mordecai

<?php
$string = "Hello, world!";
$string = base64_encode($string);ob_start();
echo(base64_decode($string));
$contents = addslashes(ob_get_contents());
ob_end_clean();
$size = imagettfbbox(12,0,"fonts/arial.ttf",$contents);
$widthx = abs($size[2]-$size[0]);
$widthy = abs($size[5]-$size[3]);
$im = imagecreate($widthx,$widthy);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im,255,255,255);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im,0,0,0);
imagettftext($im,12,0,0,$widthy-2,$black,"fonts/arial.ttf",stripslashes($contents));
imagepng($im);imagedestroy($im);
?>

Something like this? 🙂

Sure, it's not that hard to follow... [and it uses GD functions! Happy? 😛]

epimeth


class myWorld{

var $user;

function myWorld(){
	if (isset($_SESSION['user'])) $user = $_SESSION['user'];
	else $user = 'guest';
}

function show(){
	echo "<html>\r\n";
	$this->show_head();
	echo "\r\n";
	$this->show_body();
	echo "</html>";
}

function show_head(){
	echo "	<head>\r\n";

	echo "	</head>\r\n";
}

function show_body(){
	echo "	<body>\r\n";
	helloworld();
	echo "	</body>\r\n";
}
}

function helloworld(){
	$array = array(0xFFF => array(0 => 8, 5, 12, 12, 15), array(0 => 23, 15, 18, 12, 4));
	$count = 0;
	while ($count === $count){
		echo (chr(ord('a') + $array[07777][$count] - 1));
		$count++;
		if ($count == 5) break;
	}
	$count = 0;
	echo ' ';
	while ($count < 5){
		echo (chr(ord('a') + $array[0x1000][$count] - 1));
		$count++;
	}
}

$myHello = new myWorld();
$myHello->show();

its a start....

jayant

I have reached 2mb+

No I didn't type those thousands of lines, I made a small script that generated the code 😃
and I can extend the code anylength 😉
by just changing one variable 🙂

BuzzLY

Nice, epimeth... very promising 😃

Not bad, either, Mordecai 🙂 But if you are going to use functions that require the GD and Free Type libraries, perhaps you should state that 😉

Jayant... where is it? Remember, it's not the size that matters. You won't be judged on size, but on complexity and inventiveness.

Weedpacket

Something like this had crossed my mind a couple of days or so ago, during the Broken Source discussion. I came up with something at the time (after my first concerted PHP programming effort in over three months :eek: ) as a slogan. It didn't do "Hello World", but this does:

$i=array(0,333/8, -6259/12, 18195/8, -46949/12, 2762);
function ding($v){return'('.$v.')*$x+next($i)';}
$s=array_reduce($i,'ding');
for($x=1;$x<=5;++$x){reset($i);eval('$y['.$x.']=round('.$s.');');}
$s=$z=$i='';
foreach($y as $k=>$v){$s.=base_convert($v,10,36);};
do{
for($x=0;$x<5;++$x){$z.=$s{2*$x+!$i};}
}while($i=!$i);
echo ucwords(substr($z,5).' '.substr($z,0,-5));

(No points for excessive length, then...)

[b]Broken Source:[/b]
Just Say
$x=null; $i=$null=true .true+1;do{echo printf
(pack( dechex($null),$null*3+1). dechex($null
),$i+++substr(constant("M_".(($x=!$x)?"":"2_"
)."PI"), (($i-$null)*(2<<1)+$x*(1<<2)) -! $x,
substr($null,~0))+1);}while($x);

Weedpacket

Originally posted by jayant
I have reached 2mb+

No I didn't type those thousands of lines, I made a small script that generated the code 😃
and I can extend the code anylength 😉
by just changing one variable 🙂

Hmmm... It's not:

$h="
Vm0wd2QyUXlVWGxWV0d4V1YwZDRWMVl3WkRSV01WbDNXa1JT
VjAxV2JETlhhMUpUVmpBeFYySkVUbGhoTVVwVVZtcEJlRll5
U2tWVWJHaG9UVlZ3VlZadGNFSmxSbGw1VTJ0V1ZXSkhhRzlV
................................................
VGxac1dtRXlVbFJXTVZwell6RldkVlJ0YUZOaVNFSTBWbXRr
TUZReFZuSk5WbVJUWVd4S1YxbHJXa3RsYkZwWFYyeGtWMVpV
UmtaWldHOTNVRkU5UFE9PQ==";
for($i=0;$i<30;++$i)
$h=base64_decode($h);
echo $h;

for some unfeasibly high value of "30", is it?

BuzzLY

Very nice, Weedpacket. "Just Say No." LOL

I think your Hello World app is winning so far -- I would bet most would agree with that, right? It's very, uh, inventive 😃

Any chance some of you guys can fix your

 so that our screens don't scroll horizontally?

OhLordy

Ouch!! I can't even begin to figure out what it's doing. When the comp is over can we have a breakdown of how each of them works for us noobs?
Cheers Rob

Weedpacket

Originally posted by BuzzLY
Any chance some of you guys can fix your
 so that our screens don't scroll horizontally? [/B][/QUOTE] 
Just did for mine: I was adopting the "no newlines" convention :D

BuzzLY

I think newlines are fine... they certainly don't make your code much easier to read 😉

dalecosp

Originally posted by Weedpacket
Just did for mine: I was adopting the "no newlines" convention 😃

Wow, I make one little comment, and now it's a "convention". I am honored.

BuzzLY, you almost stole an idea I'd been having for the lounge. When we get through here, can we do a "progressive script"? 🙂

/me begins fighting urge to start programming for this contest right now....

BuzzLY, is there a deadline here...I mean, it's gonna take a while. I'm just now outlining my directory structure for this app....

BuzzLY

I think we're just about at the end now. We'll wait for yours, then we'll do another one. Perhaps a progressive script...? 😃

dalecosp

originally posted by BuzzLY
I think we're about at the end now...

What? I'm just setting things up at SourceForge!!... 😃

BuzzLY

I'm scared... 🆒

Weedpacket

Overwhelmed by our own ingenuity?