gistfile1.php

<?php

// Algotest

/*
 For PN,
	Assign next in line as target
End For
For PN,
	If targets available are only self/other target	restart
	Assign random target (not self/other target)
	If targets available are only self/other target	restart
	Assign random target (not self/other 2 targets)
End For

*/
$players = array(
	"Adam",
	"Boris",
	"Caroline",
	"Deiniol",
	"Edward",
	"Francesca",
	"Gunther",
	"Harriet",
	"Imogen",
	"James",
	"Karl",
	"Louis",
	"Mike",
	"Norman",
	"Oscar",
	"Paris",
	"Quentin",
	"Ralph",
	"Steven",
	"Tomas",
	"Urma",
	"Vera",
	"Xandria",
	"Yusef",
	"Zacharia"
);

for( $i = 0; $i < count( $players ); $i++ )
{
	$j = $i+1;
	for( $j = $i+1; $j < $i+4; $j++ )
	{
		$targets[ $players[ $i ] ][] = $players[ ( $j < count( $players ) ? $j : $j-$i ) ];
	}
}
for( $i = 0; $i < count( $players ); $i++ )
{
	
}
print_r( $targets );


/*
other bit

 1: Was the killer a target of the killed?
	If yes, killer gets random target out of the other two
	If no, killer gets random target.
2: Who had killed as a target? (call them A,B)
3: Was A a target of the killed?
	If yes, A gets target that isn't him
	If no, A gets no target yet
4: Was B a target of the killed?
	If yes, B gets target that isn't him
	If no, B gets random target.
5: A gets remaining

*/
?>