How can collision detection and automatic positioning of elements be addressed when creating complex graphics like interconnected family trees with PHP and GD functions?

One way to address collision detection and automatic positioning of elements in complex graphics like interconnected family trees with PHP and GD functions is to use a recursive function to check for overlapping elements and adjust their positions accordingly. 

// Sample code for collision detection and automatic positioning in a family tree
function adjustPosition(&$tree, $x, $y, $width, $height, $spacing) {
    foreach ($tree as &$node) {
        if ($node['x'] == $x && $node['y'] == $y) {
            $x += $width + $spacing;
            $y += $height + $spacing;
            adjustPosition($tree, $x, $y, $width, $height, $spacing);
        }
    }
}

// Example usage
$familyTree = [
    ['name' => 'John', 'x' => 100, 'y' => 100],
    ['name' => 'Jane', 'x' => 250, 'y' => 100],
    ['name' => 'Alice', 'x' => 100, 'y' => 100],
];

adjustPosition($familyTree, 100, 100, 50, 50, 10);

Keywords

collision detection automatic positioning elements interconnected family trees GD functions

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