PHP Draft allows commissioners to setup web-based real-time drafts for their fantasy sports leagues. If your leagues do offline drafts (instead of using your fantasy provider's online drafting tools), PHP Draft is just for you!
The league commissioner creates an account, and then adds the fantasy league.
Pick the draft sport and style, specify the number of rounds the draft will last. Add the league managers (teams), and specify pick timers (some managers slower than others? Give them a timer!)
The commissioner hits the start button.
Leave a laptop running on a podium and make each team enter their selections as their pick comes up, or be a gatekeeper commissioner and make every pick go through you - it's your choice!
The large color-coded draft board is perfect for displaying on large screen televisions (compatible with Google Chromecast screen casting!) and will display all pertinent info on-screen as it automatically updates.
NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and even Rugby are supported, along with trades. Watch your draft unfold or run the whole thing from your smartphone with a Bootstrap-powered responsive web app!
Don't know how to install a web app or run a web server? No problem:
Sign up for a free commissioner account on phpdraft.com and get drafting today!
- PHP 5.5.9+ installed (with
mcryptandpdo_mysqlextension installed; PHP 7.x recommended!) - MySQL 5.5+ database
- Webserver that can perform URL rewrites (Apache, IIS, or NGINX currently, possibly more in the future)
- SMTP mail account (for user registration/password resets)
- Google reCAPTCHA 2 site key (public and private - used to verify new user registration)
- OPTIONAL (but recommended): SSL certificate installed for your domain (for enhanced user privacy/security)
See Installation instructions for detailed installation instructions.
Check out our FeatHub page some possible future features, or sign in with your Github to add your own:
Or, just hit me up on Twitter and let me know what you have in mind!
Check out the Issues tab on the Github project. Search the issues (open and closed) for some help, or enter a new issue!
You can also enter the project's Gitter chat room for help from me or other PHP Draft users!
You can also hit me up on Twitter if you're having trouble. No promises on the return time.
See the Developing wiki page if you are interested in developing or making custom changes to your PHP Draft.
If you come up with something that others may find worthwhile - please fork this repository and submit a pull request. I provide this code (and the hundreds of hours of my personal time I've poured into the project) free of charge under an open source license without any expectation of payment or even gratitude. I do it to help a few folks out, and to return the favor I ask that you help pass it on :)
See the Changelog for the most up to date version info.
Matthew Orres
Ross Larson
Jamie Orres
Justin Pyvis
Ryan Scarbery
Jeff Machusko
Code and documentation copyright 2010-2018 Matthew Orres. Code released under the GNU v3 license.