Error sending request $body";
}
// takes in the html of the response and uses regexp to parse out a couple variables, and store all that into $post, which may have initial values
function parsePage($html, $post = array())
{
// by default
$post['ANSWER'] = $post['ERROR'] = false;
// no page? server error!
if($html == "")
{
$post['ERROR'] = "server unresponsive";
}
// we bugged them too much
else if(strpos($html, '
'))
{
$post['ERROR'] = "request too fast";
}
// looks like things are fine
else
{
// get INFO
$post['INFO'] = preg_match("##", $html, $match) ? $match[1] : "";
// get INFO2
$post['INFO2'] = preg_match("##", $html, $match) ? $match[1] : "";
// get word
$post['WORD'] = preg_match("#(\w+) means#", $html, $match) ? $match[1] : "error";
// if correct, get the answer
$post['ANSWER'] = preg_match("#
[\w\s]+ = ([\w\s]+)
#", $html, $match) ? $match[1] : false;
}
return $post;
}
// we're starting
echo "0. Parsing starting data:\n";
for($thread = 0; $thread < $numthreads; $thread++)
{
// Indicate when we start grabbing stuff
echo "\t$thread. Loading... ";
// grab output from the server (with no input) and parse it
$post[$thread] = parsePage(sendRequest("", true));
// indicate when we're done
echo "done.\n";
}
// by default
$grains_donated = 0;
// infinite loop!
while(++$i)
{
// the start of each set
echo "$i. Submitting choices... ";
// for each of the 3 other answers, submit for each thread.
for($selected = 4; $selected > 1; $selected--)
{
// Progress indicator--tells you what choice the script is processing
echo "$selected";
// for each thread, submit answer $selected
for($thread = 0; $thread < $numthreads; $thread++)
{
// the previous word is kept so it won't be overwritten
$word[$thread] = $post[$thread]['WORD'];
// if either is not present, we have bad data... so delay until later.
if($post[$thread]['INFO2'] and $post[$thread]['INFO'])
{
// parse body (selected is not specified)
$body_prefix[$thread] = "&INFO2={$post[$thread][INFO2]}&INFO={$post[$thread][INFO]}&SELECTED=";
// actually send the data
sendRequest($body_prefix[$thread] . "$selected");
}
else
{
// don't want it conflicting!
$body_prefix[$thread] = "";
}
// progress indicator--each dot tells the user that one thread has been processed
echo ".";
}
// aesthetic thing to separate the dots of different processes
echo " ";
}
// tell the user that all alternative options for all threads have been parsed
echo "done.\n";
// the important part: do this for each thread
for($thread = 0; $thread < $numthreads; $thread++)
{
// get and parse the page, and save to $post[$thread]
$post[$thread] = parsePage(sendRequest($body_prefix[$thread] . "1", true), $post[$thread]);
// indicate the beginning
echo "\t$thread. ";
// if there's an error, report it
if($post[$thread]['ERROR'])
{
echo "Error: {$post[$thread][ERROR]}\n";
}
// otherwise add twenty to the grains donated and print the result
else
{
$grains_donated += 20;
// print the stuff
echo $word[$thread].($post[$thread]['ANSWER'] ? " ({$post[$thread][ANSWER]})" : "").": Donated $grains_donated grains.\n";
}
}
}
?>