I have a function to calculate best tank size where it should not have any overflow or deficit.
public static function calculateTankSize($rainfall, $roofArea, $household)
{
$demand = $household * 140 * 30;
$volume = 0;
$size = 500;
$status = false;
while($size < 50000 and $status != true) {
$waterLevels = array();
foreach ($rainfall as $amount) {
$runoffAmount = 0.80 * ($amount - 2) * $roofArea;
$volume = $volume + ($runoffAmount - $demand);
if ($volume > $size) {
$overflow = $volume - $size;
$deficit = 0;
$volume = $volume - $overflow;
} elseif ($volume < 0) {
$deficit = abs($volume);
$overflow = 0;
$volume = 0;
} else {
$overflow = 0;
$deficit = 0;
}
array_push($waterLevels, array(
"volume" => $volume,
"overflow" => $overflow,
"deficit" => $deficit
));
}
$status = Rainfall::checkTankStatus($waterLevels);
$size = $size + 500;
}
return $size;
}
The checkStatus function looks like this:
public static function checkTankStatus($waterLevels)
{
$count = 0;
foreach ($waterLevels as $value){
if ($value['overflow'] == 0 && $value['deficit'] == 0){
$count = $count + 1;
}
}
if ($count == 12){
return true;
}
else
return false;
}
I get the output as 50000 which is the end of the loop. The answer is around 35000. The status condition in the while does not fail throughout the loop. I am stuck with this for a long time now. What is the mistake in the function?
Note: For the test case, I give roof area as 120, household as 1 and rainfall is an array like shown below and should get 35000
[
0 => 59
1 => 57
2 => 54
3 => 76
4 => 76
5 => 87
6 => 82
7 => 83
8 => 88
9 => 91
10 => 84
11 => 74
]
Thanks @Deadooshka. I had to rewrite the $volume back to zero after the completion of 'for each' cycle. Hence, moving the $volume = 0 inside the while loop, did the magic.
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