This is reference for public and protected method defined in Table and its ancestors, this information obtained by using php reflection.

Most of these methods are documented on various other wikis, this is just reference for completeness and in case you run into accidental overloading of undocumented functions...

Its a long list please help with editing this wiki

If you need these method for IDE autocompletion and validation there is unofficial project that has stubs to documented methods:

• https://github.com/elaskavaia/bga-sharedcode/blob/master/misc/module/table/table.game.php (if you want more stubs pull requests are welcome to this repository)

Class hierarchy

• APP_Object
  • APP_DbObject
    • APP_GameClass
      • Table - this is a class all games inherit
      • Deck - db handling component for specific schema (deck)

Methods in the Table class

Table.getGameName

part of template, return game name, not to be modified by developer, not document on wiki

Table._

translation wrapper function, see Translations

Table.setTable

method that sets up the php side, do not call or override

Table.initTable protected

This method is called by framework before every action (does nothing by default), unlike constructor this method has initialized state of the table so it can access db, undocumented as it has very limited use

Table.getAllTableDatas

undocumented

Table.getAllDatas

part of template, override, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.setupNewGameTable

undocumented

Table.setupNewGame

part of template, override, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.getTableOptionsForGame static

undocumented

Table.getTableOptions

undocumented, likely return gameoptions (i.e. variants of the games)

Table.getTablePreferencesForGame static

undocumented

Table.getTablePreferences

undocumented, likely return UI preferences (i.e. display tooltips or not)

Table.getGameInfosForGame static

undocuments, likely return $gameinfos from gameinfos.inc.php

Table.getGameOptionsInfos

undocumented

Table.start

undocumented, likely starts the game, do not call

Table.stMakeEveryoneActive

this method can be used in state machine to make everybody active as "st" method of multiplayeractive state

Table.loadPlayersBasicInfos

very usefull function get players table, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.reloadPlayersBasicInfos

reload players info, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.reattributeColorsBasedOnPreferences

change players colors, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.getBestColorFromColorPrefs

undocumented, do not call, use to pick a color based on preference

Table.initSetupPlayersInfos

undocumented

Table.getPlayersNumber

returns number of players, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.checkAction

check action on server, see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php

Table.checkGameStart

Table.color_to_color_back

@deprecated, undocumented

Table.initGameStateLabels

Table.setGameStateInitialValue

Set initial state of global, technically same as setGameStateValue see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Use_globals

Table.getGameStateValue

get value of global see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Use_globals

Table.setGameStateValue

set value of global see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Use_globals

Table.incGameStateValue

increment value of global see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Use_globals

Table.is_testmode

@deprecated

Table.testmodedatas

@deprecated

Table.applyTestModeDbFixture

Table.getActivePlayerId

get active player id, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_states_and_active_players

Table.getActivePlayerName

get active player name, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_states_and_active_players

Table.getCurrentPlayerId

get current player id, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_states_and_active_players

Table.getCurrentPlayerName

get currrent player name, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_states_and_active_players

Table.getCurrentPlayerColor

get current player color, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_states_and_active_players

Table.getPlayerNameById

get the name by id, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_player_information

Table.getPlayerColorById

get the color by id, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_player_information

Table.getPlayerNoById

get 'player_no' (number) by id, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_player_information

Table.isCurrentPlayerZombie

Table.getPlayerCount

@deprecated, use getPlayersNumber,

Table.createNextPlayerTable

Return linked table of player order using passed parameter, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Players turn order

Table.getNextPlayerTable

Return linked table of player order using natural players order, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Players turn order

Table.createPrevPlayerTable

do not use

Table.getPrevPlayerTable

Return linked table of player order using natural players order reversed, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Players turn order

Table.getPlayerAfter

get player after, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Players turn order

Table.getPlayerBefore

get player before, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Players turn order

Table.activeNextPlayer

Make the next player active in the natural player orde, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game states and active players

Table.activePrevPlayer

Make the prev player active in the natural player orde, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game states and active players

Table.forceEndOfGame

force to abandon game, normally its called when all players agree, but can be called to force people out when testing alpha or beta games and don't want to deal with update db and such ($this->forceEndOfGame( $reason ))

Table.giveExtraTime

give extra time to a player, usually when turn require multiple player states, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Reflexion_time

Table.checkZombieTurn

Table.skipPlayersOutOfTime

this is called by framework, do not use

Table.onPlayerHasBeenZombified

called when some player has been zombified because he quits the game (or have been "skipped"), unlikely you need to override this method, if you do you have to take into account first player quit vs any other player quit, you must call super implementation in any case if you decide to override it

Table.forceAbandon

it may be possible for force to abandon game in some cases, for example in alpha games when new database schema requires update and you did not code this (because for alpha its waste of time)

Table.zombieBack

Table.aiPlayer

Table.aiNotPlaying

Table.aiError

Table.say

this function processes chat message, do not use for game purposes, for word games use dedicated control

Table.getGameProgression

part of template, override to return proper data, see Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php and Your_game_state_machine:_states.inc.php

Table.getStatTypesForGame static

Table.getStatTypes

get the $stats_type array defined in stats.inc.php

Table.stat_type_id_to_name

Table.initStat

initialize statistic https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_statistics

Table.getStat

get statistic https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_statistics

Table.setStat

set statistic https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_statistics

Table.setStatForAllPlayers

set player statistics for all players, not document, does not check params, have some bad side effects

Table.incStat

inc statistic https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Game_statistics

Table.getStatFromResult

helper function, do not use, should have been private for table class

Table.setStatOnResult

helper function, do not use, should have been private for table class

Table.setStatOnResultForPlayer

helper function, do not use, should have been private for table class

Table.getStandardGameResultObject

helper function, do not use, should have been private for table class

Table.getGameRankInfos

Table.argGameEnd

framework end game function, do not call or override

Table.stGameEnd

framework end game function, do not call or override

Table.stTutorialStart

Table.isSoloGame

return true if game is 1 player game or all other players are AI

Table.notifyAllPlayers

notification function, see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php

Table.notifyPlayer

notification function, see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php

Table.onEndAjaxAction

can be overriden to be executed before end of ajax action, unclear why would anybody need that

Table.checkReturnState

framework internal check action, do not call or override

Table.sendNotifications

framework internal function, do not call or override

Table.getCurrentNotificationNextNo

Table.getNotificationHistory

Table.debugChat

studio only - execute php code from chat, overriding won't work as it is called statically from table class

Table.timeout

studio only - can call from chat console to zombify current player

Table.eliminatePlayer

eliminate player, https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php

Table.isAsync

return true if game is turn based, false if realtime, undocumented (why?)

Table.getTimeLimits static

internal framework function, do not call or override

Table.getAsyncTimeLimits

return time limits for turn based games

Table.checkAsyncActivePlayersChange

framework internal check action, do not call or override

Table.upgradeTableDb

override to perform db upgrade, see game template, also some notes in https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Post-release_phase

Table.getReplayPoints

Table.saveReplayPoint

Table.undoAndReplayInit

Table.removeAutoIncrementFromTable

@deprecated

Table.getFieldsListOfTable

do not use or override, framework internal method to return columns of table

Table.undoInit

Table.undoSavepoint

Instruction to save database state after current transaction is complete Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Undo moves

Table.doUndoSavePoint

do not call directly

Table.undoRestorePoint

Restore database from save point Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Undo moves

Table.showTutorial

do not call directly

Table.seenTutorial

do not call directly

Table.activeTutorial

do not call directly

Table.forceGameTournamendEnd

do not call directly

Table.showCursor

Table.showCursorClick

undocumented, probably to share the cursor for demo/training

Table.storeLegacyData

API for campain games see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Legacy games API

Table.storeLegacyTeamData

API for campain games see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Legacy games API

Table.retrieveLegacyData

API for campain games see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Legacy games API

Table.retrieveLegacyTeamData

API for campain games see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Legacy games API

Table.removeLegacyData

API for campain games see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Legacy games API

Table.removeLegacyTeamData

API for campain games see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#Legacy games API

Methods in the APP_GameClass class

APP_GameClass.getNewUnique

APP_GameClass.getNew

APP_GameClass.notifyNow

Methods in the APP_DbObject class

APP_DbObject.ConnectDb static

APP_DbObject.DbQuery static

main query method, see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_the_database

APP_DbObject.DbTraceTimeBefore static

APP_DbObject.DbTraceTimeAfter static

APP_DbObject.DbGetLastId static

APP_DbObject.DbDumpQueryHistory static

APP_DbObject.DbAffectedRow static

APP_DbObject.DbStartTransaction static

APP_DbObject.DbCommit static

APP_DbObject.DbRollback static

APP_DbObject.DbRestartTransaction static

APP_DbObject.DbSelect static

APP_DbObject.CommitAllAndRestart static

APP_DbObject.setDeadlockMode

APP_DbObject.isDeadlockModeRetry

APP_DbObject.enableMultiQueries

APP_DbObject.sendMultiQueries

APP_DbObject.escapeStringForDB

APP_DbObject.getCollectionFromDB

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_the_database

APP_DbObject.getNonEmptyCollectionFromDB

APP_DbObject.getDoubleKeyCollectionFromDB

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_the_database

APP_DbObject.getUniqueValueFromDB

APP_DbObject.mysql_fetch_row

APP_DbObject.mysql_fetch_assoc

APP_DbObject.mysql_query

APP_DbObject.getObjectFromDB

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_the_database

APP_DbObject.getNonEmptyObjectFromDB

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_the_database

APP_DbObject.getObjectListFromDB

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Main_game_logic:_yourgamename.game.php#Accessing_the_database

APP_DbObject.getSelectedDb static

APP_DbObject.sqlParsing

APP_DbObject.DbUsePrefix

APP_DbObject.applyPrefix

APP_DbObject.cache_store static

APP_DbObject.cache_add static

APP_DbObject.cache_exists static

APP_DbObject.cache_fetch static

APP_DbObject.cache_delete static

APP_DbObject.cache_rollback static

APP_DbObject.cache_commit static

APP_DbObject.ensure_enough_time_since_last_action

APP_DbObject.getMasterNodeDomain

APP_DbObject.getMasterNodeUrl

APP_DbObject.masterNodeRequest

APP_DbObject.gameserverNodeRequest

APP_DbObject.gameserverNodeRequestNoTable

APP_DbObject.bgaCallUrl

Methods in the APP_Object class

APP_Object.watch

@deprecated, do not use (noop)

APP_Object.debug

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Practical_debugging

APP_Object.trace

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Practical_debugging

APP_Object.warn

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Practical_debugging

APP_Object.error

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Practical_debugging

APP_Object.dump

see https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Practical_debugging

Selected static methods in utility modules

bga_rand

recommended for randomness (dice rolls, etc), see Main game logic: yourgamename.game.php#About random and randomness

shuffle_with_keys

shuffle array with keys (basically shuffle keys and keep linked values), it shuffle argument, does not return anything

totranslate

returns its argument, used for MARKING of string for server strings https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Translations

clienttranslate

returns its argument, used for MARKING of string for client strings https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Translations

_

this is not the same as self::_, it is also translation function but only can translate mainsite strings, do not use in game code