The Xillor Archivist

Overview

The Xillor Archivist is a collection of PHP scripts that archives data from the web-based game Hyperiums ("Xillor" is one of the game's alien races).

It can download game data files (gzipped text), which provide a snapshot of the Hyperiums universe.

It also lets you import this data into a MySQL database to aid in further analysis. The database stores the histories of every alliance, player, and planet and also logs all in-game events.

Download

The Xillor Archivist v0.1.0 (released July 22 2009)

Usage

1. Follow the initial instructions found in the readme.txt file.
2. Run the download script to download the data files:
   
3. Run the database script to import the data into a MySQL database:
   
4. If running Linux, you can use cron to run both these scripts on a regular basis.
5. If you have PHPUnit, you can also run the unit tests:
   test/run_tests.sh