Client-server chess

Requirements

• Client: SFML
• Server: any webserver supporting PHP, MySQL

Building

To build client, run cmake -B build -S . from the client directory, followed by cmake --build build.

Configuration

For client, config file is game.cfg and consists of these lines, in this order:

1. data path - the path to the resources directory, default: ./data
2. server host - base URL to the server, default: 'localhost'
3. find side url - relative URL on the server to look up for the opponent, when game was started in random mode; default is index.php?find_side
4. find opponent url - relative URL on the server to look up for the opponent, when game was started in a determined (white or black) mode; default - index.php?find_opponent
5. server move validation url - relative URL on the server to validate the player's move; default - index.php?validate_move
6. server querying url - relative URL on the server to check for the moves pending; default value is index.php?update_client
7. game start test url - relative URL on the server to check whether game was started; default - index.php?is_game_started

For server, all the configuration is put inside the main file itself and consists only of database configuration. The options are:

1. DB_NAME
2. DB_HOST
3. DB_USER
4. DB_PASSWORD

Be sure to review them before running the server.

Then you will need to create database structure - you can easily achieve this by importing db_setup.sql file from the server directory to the database described by those constants above.

Running

To run client, run it with the side you want to play as (white, black or random): buck run //client random.

To run server, use the server.php file.