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Conway's Game of Life in PHP

Created by: Daniel Pepin

What is the Game of Life?

View help documentation:

> php life.php help

  Conway's Game of Life in PHP
  Created by: Daniel Pepin
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  Available options to change:
  - random (default=1): Whether to populate grid with random cells
  - rand_max (default=5): Chances of a cell being alive. Lower is more alive cells
  - timeout (default=5000): Number of microseconds between frame renders
  - realtime (default=1): Whether to render the grid in realtime, or just run calculations
  - max_frame_count (default=0): The max number of frames to render
  - template: Loads a template from a txt file. See /templates folder
  - cell (default=O): Alive cell character
  - empty: Dead cell character
  - width (default=TERM_WIDTH): Grid width
  - height (default=TERM_HEIGHT): Grid height

  Options are applied in a query string format. Examples:
  - php life.php 'template=glider_gun'
  - php life.php 'timeout=250000&rand_max=5&max_frame_count=1000'

Simply run with php life.php Imgur

Example glider_gun template: php life.php "template=glider_gun": Imgur