Tutorial Count Script Excecution Time

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$execution_time = microtime(); # Start counting

# Your code

$execution_time = microtime() - $execution_time;
$execution_time = sprintf('It took %.5f sec', $execution_time);

Tutorial Convert HEX to RGB

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Give function hex code (e.g. #eeeeee), returns array of RGB values.

function hex2rgb( $colour ) {
        if ( $colour[0] == '#' ) {
                $colour = substr( $colour, 1 );
        }
        if ( strlen( $colour ) == 6 ) {
                list( $r, $g, $b ) = array( $colour[0] . $colour[1], $colour[2] . $colour[3], $colour[4] . $colour[5] );
        } elseif ( strlen( $colour ) == 3 ) {
                list( $r, $g, $b ) = array( $colour[0] . $colour[0], $colour[1] . $colour[1], $colour[2] . $colour[2] );
        } else {
                return false;
        }
        $r = hexdec( $r );
        $g = hexdec( $g );
        $b = hexdec( $b );
        return array( 'red' => $r, 'green' => $g, 'blue' => $b );
}

Tutorial Convert Comma Separated String into Array

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Easy way to turn a CSV file into a parseable array.

<?php
$str="foo,bar,baz,bat";
$arr=explode(",",$str);
// print_r($arr);
?>

Tutorial Convert BR to Newline

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Technique #1

function br2newline( $input ) {
     $out = str_replace( "<br>", "\n", $input );
     $out = str_replace( "<br/>", "\n", $out );
     $out = str_replace( "<br />", "\n", $out );
     $out = str_replace( "<BR>", "\n", $out );
     $out = str_replace( "<BR/>", "\n", $out );
     $out = str_replace( "<BR />", "\n", $out );
     return $out;
}

Converts a break tag to a newline - no matter what kind of HTML is being processed.

Technique #2

function br2nl( $input ) {
 return preg_replace('/<br(\s+)?\/?>/i', "\n", $input);
}

Tutorial Convert Accented Characters

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For instance, if you want to use a string as part of a URL but need to make it safe for that kind of use.

function replace_accents($str) {
   $str = htmlentities($str, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
   $str = preg_replace('/&([a-zA-Z])(uml|acute|grave|circ|tilde);/','$1',$str);
   return html_entity_decode($str);
}

Tutorial Comments in PHP

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<?php

    /*
           This code by Chris Coyier
    */

    $i = 0;    // counter to be used later;

?>

Comments in PHP can be between /* */ markings (useful for multiple line comments) or after // markings (for single lines only).

Tutorial Cleaning Variables

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Variables that are submitted via web forms always need to be cleaned/sanitized before use in any way, to prevent against all kinds of different malicious intent.

Technique #1

function clean($value) {

       // If magic quotes not turned on add slashes.
       if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())

       // Adds the slashes.
       { $value = addslashes($value); }

       // Strip any tags from the value.
       $value = strip_tags($value);

       // Return the value out of the function.
       return $value;

}
$sample = "<a href='#'>test</a>";
$sample = clean($sample);
echo $sample;