';
$retHTML .= $word[$i];
$retHTML .= '';
}
return $retHTML;
}//end printTiles function
/******************************************************************
* function repaintBoard()
*
* @author - Garrison Locke
*
* The repaintBoard function is called every two seconds from the
* javascript to keep the board up-to-date if people are making changes.
* It just returns a string of top_value:left_value separated by the
* pipe character.
*
******************************************************************/
function repaintBoard(){
global $top_value, $left_value, $numWords;
$retVal = "";
for($i=0; $i<$numWords; $i++){
$retVal .= $top_value[$i] . ":" . $left_value[$i];
if($i < $numWords-1){
$retVal .= "|";
}
}
return $retVal;
}//end repaintBoard function
/******************************************************************
* function saveTileLocation($obj, $x, $y)
*
* @author - Garrison Locke
*
* The saveTileLocation function does just that. It updates the
* top and left values in the database for the given tile.
*
* $obj - The id of the object that was dragged (the tile).
* $x - The new x coordinate of the tile.
* $y - The new y coordinate of the tile.
*
******************************************************************/
function saveTileLocation($obj, $x, $y){
global $numWords, $word, $top_value, $left_value, $host, $username, $password, $dbname, $connection;
$index = substr(strrchr($obj, "_"), 1);
$query = "Update magnetic_poetry set top_value=$y, left_value=$x WHERE id=$index";
$result = mysql_db_query($dbname, $query);
if (!$result) {
die("Error: " . mysql_error());
}
return $query;
}//end saveTileLocation function
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