web/public/race/sync.php

<?php $app = require '../../app/inc.php';
/**
 * We originally wanted to use SSE for this, but the hosting provider
 * did not support that so we resorted to simple polling instead
 */

use App\Teamtable\TeamMapper;
use App\Timetable\TimeMapper;

$teamMapper = new TeamMapper($app->database->conn);
$timeMapper = new TimeMapper($app->database->conn);

$prev_hash = (int)filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'h');

$data = [];
$times = $timeMapper->getAll();

foreach ($times as $time)
{
    $team = $teamMapper->get($time->teamId);

    if (!$team)
    {
        return;
    }

    $row = [
        "name" => $team->name,
        "rounds" => $team->rounds,
        "bestTime" => $team->bestTime
    ];

    array_push($data, $row);
}

$hash = crc32(serialize($data));

if ($prev_hash !== $hash)
{
    $app->api([
            "hash" => $hash,
            "data" => $data
        ]);
}
// return nothing
http_response_code(204);