## PHP: How to check if the vertices of polygon are in clockwise or counter-clockwise order?

How to check if the vertices of polygon are in clockwise or counter-clockwise order?

There are many of method to check this. We offer some method below:

Method 1: Use ComputeArea function:

//true if counter-clockwise, false if clockwise
function CCW($polygon){$area = ComputeArea($polygon); return$area>0;
}

Method 2:

/*
return 0 if failure
1 if CCW
-1 if CW
*/
function CCW2($polygon) {$NumPoints = count($polygon); if($polygon[$NumPoints-1] ==$polygon[0]){
$NumPoints--; }else{ //Add the first point at the end of the array.$polygon[$NumPoints] =$polygon[0];
}

if ($NumPoints < 3) return 0;$count = 0;
for ($i=0;$i<$NumPoints;$i++) {
$j = ($i + 1) % $NumPoints;$k = ($i + 2) %$NumPoints;
$z = ($polygon[$j][0] -$polygon[$i][0]) * ($polygon[$k][1] -$polygon[$j][1]);$z -= ($polygon[$j][1] - $polygon[$i][1]) * ($polygon[$k][0] - $polygon[$j][0]);
if ($z < 0)$count--;
else if ($z > 0)$count++;
}
if ($count > 0) return 1; else if ($count < 0)
return -1;
else
return 0;
}

Note: It is assumed that the polygon is simple (does not intersect itself or have holes)

Example:

$polygon = array( array(0,6), array(4,6), array(2,3), array(4,0), array(0,0), ); var_dump(CCW2($polygon));

Result:

int(-1)