- /* get all 4 cards played in a trick */
- $c1 = $p[1];
- $c2 = $p[2];
- $c3 = $p[3];
- $c4 = $p[4];
-
- /* find out who won */
- if( compare_cards($c1,$c2) && compare_cards($c1,$c3) && compare_cards($c1,$c4) )
- return 1;
- if( compare_cards($c2,$c3) && compare_cards($c2,$c4) )
- return 2;
- if( compare_cards($c3,$c4) )
- return 3;
- return 4;
+ /* get all 4 cards played in a trick, in the order they are played */
+ $tmp = $p[1];
+ $c1 = $tmp["card"];
+ $c1pos = $tmp["pos"];
+
+ $tmp = $p[2];
+ $c2 = $tmp["card"];
+ $c2pos = $tmp["pos"];
+
+ $tmp = $p[3];
+ $c3 = $tmp["card"];
+ $c3pos = $tmp["pos"];
+
+ $tmp = $p[4];
+ $c4 = $tmp["card"];
+ $c4pos = $tmp["pos"];
+
+ /* first card is better than all the rest */
+ if( compare_cards($c1,$c2,$mode) && compare_cards($c1,$c3,$mode) && compare_cards($c1,$c4,$mode) )
+ return $c1pos;
+
+ /* second card is better than first and better than the rest */
+ if( !compare_cards($c1,$c2,$mode) && compare_cards($c2,$c3,$mode) && compare_cards($c2,$c4,$mode) )
+ return $c2pos;
+
+ /* third card is better than first card and better than last */
+ if( !compare_cards($c1,$c3,$mode) && compare_cards($c3,$c4,$mode) )
+ /* if second card is better than first, third card needs to be even better */
+ if( !compare_cards($c1,$c2,$mode) && !compare_cards($c2,$c3,$mode) )
+ return $c3pos;
+ /* second is worse than first, e.g. not following suite */
+ else if (compare_cards($c1,$c2,$mode) )
+ return $c3pos;
+
+ /* non of the above */
+ return $c4pos;