Custom Le Mans Timing
http://github.com/hamilr2/lemans_timing

Copyright (c) 2012 Reilly Hamilton, [email protected]

A parser for JSON living timing data supplied by the ACO. Implements several
additional features, including the ability to highlight changes between timing
refreshes.

The script polls the ACO for JSON data and stores information on each car at
each timestamp. Upon first visit to index, a new entry is created in the user
table, which records the user's IP. Subsequent refreshes of the page compare the
most recent timestamp to the users' last seen timestamp. Any changes between
the timestamps are marked with either green/red showing gain/loss, or blue to
show other changes. If a user wishes to have multiple "sessions", or if
multiple users on the same IP wish to use the service, custom user names can
be specified using the url format index.php?u=USERNAME. USERNAME will be used
in the users table rather than the user's IP.

Initial Setup / Install:
1. Create a database and import the lemans.sql file to initialize the tables.
2. Edit include.php to have the relevant database information

Use:
1. Open a browser tab pointing to auto_update.php
2. Open a second tab pointing to index.php
3. Either manually refresh or enable auto refresh
4. Enjoy

Set up for 2013:
1. Verify that timing link is the same (it probably won't be)
2. Update arrays in include.php to have information on teams/cars/drivers/etc
3. Purge database of 2012 data

License:

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose
with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice
and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS
OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
THIS SOFTWARE.