Comments on: 7 PHP functions that saved my life http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/ Manchester web designer Phil Thompson Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: phil http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-72887 phil Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:31:44 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-72887 Alex: too primitive for what? to be useful? Alex: too primitive for what? to be useful?

]]> By: Alex http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-72885 Alex Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:18:46 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-72885 i think these are too primitive functions. i think these are too primitive functions.

]]> By: brian http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-65323 brian Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:49:43 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-65323 /* I used to be afraid of arrays especially storing form post data into arrays. I whipped up the following fun(ction) to convert my crappy custom strings "arrays" into true arrays. I would store something like 'eat~more~cheese~please' in my database. */ $string = unzip($string,'~'); echo $string[0]; // eat echo $string[2]; // more echo $string[3]; // cheese echo $string[4]; // please // function below function unzip($string,$div) { $count = 0; $lengthdiv = strlen($div); if(substr($string, -strlen($div)) != $div) { $string .= $div;} while (strpos($string,$div)!=null) { $break = strpos($string,$div); $unzip[$count] = substr($string, 0, $break); $string = substr($string, $break+$lengthdiv); $count += 1; if($break==strlen($string)){ $unzip[$count] = $string; } } return $unzip; } /* I used to be afraid of arrays especially storing form post data into arrays. I whipped up the following fun(ction) to convert my crappy custom strings “arrays” into true arrays.

I would store something like ‘eat~more~cheese~please’ in my database.

*/

$string = unzip($string,’~');

echo $string[0]; // eat
echo $string[2]; // more
echo $string[3]; // cheese
echo $string[4]; // please

// function below

function unzip($string,$div) {
$count = 0;
$lengthdiv = strlen($div);
if(substr($string, -strlen($div)) != $div) { $string .= $div;}
while (strpos($string,$div)!=null) {
$break = strpos($string,$div);
$unzip[$count] = substr($string, 0, $break);
$string = substr($string, $break+$lengthdiv);
$count += 1;
if($break==strlen($string)){ $unzip[$count] = $string; }
}
return $unzip;
}

]]> By: phil http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-60040 phil Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:42:27 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-60040 Thanks Draicone but, this post might have lost some of its edge had it been entitled '7 PHP functions, language constructs, general idealisms, and working practices that saved my life'. Thanks Draicone but, this post might have lost some of its edge had it been entitled ‘7 PHP functions, language constructs, general idealisms, and working practices that saved my life’.

]]> By: Draicone http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-60038 Draicone Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:38:48 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-60038 As noted in the comments, foreach is a language construct, and certainly isn't just a PHP thing. Isset and exit (also die) are a little dubious, although they are technically language constructs, even though they behave just like any normal function. As noted in the comments, foreach is a language construct, and certainly isn’t just a PHP thing. Isset and exit (also die) are a little dubious, although they are technically language constructs, even though they behave just like any normal function.

]]> By: Leandro http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59850 Leandro Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:13:23 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59850 well, there's a <pre> tag inside the "" well, there’s a <pre> tag inside the “”

]]> By: Leandro http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59844 Leandro Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:41:50 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59844 This is really helpful for me: print "". print_r(get_defined_vars(),true) . ""; Prints all defined variables on php run. This is really helpful for me:

print “”. print_r(get_defined_vars(),true) . “”;

Prints all defined variables on php run.

]]> By: Sara Golemon http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59797 Sara Golemon Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:19:52 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59797 If you like number_format(), then you'll LOVE PECL/intl's NumberFormatter class. All the ease of number_format() with all the localized knowledge of the International Components for Unicode. http://docs.php.net/manual/en/class.numberformatter.php If you like number_format(), then you’ll LOVE PECL/intl’s NumberFormatter class. All the ease of number_format() with all the localized knowledge of the International Components for Unicode.

http://docs.php.net/manual/en/class.numberformatter.php

]]> By: Goncalo Fonseca http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59752 Goncalo Fonseca Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:34:38 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59752 Posts like this one, seem to get back to remind us that you can always improve your code by going back to what is already there, but was long forgotten. Nice ;) Posts like this one, seem to get back to remind us that you can always improve your code by going back to what is already there, but was long forgotten. Nice ;)

]]> By: Steve http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59714 Steve Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:24:23 +0000 http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/01/18/7-php-functions-that-saved-my-life/#comment-59714 Thanks for showing your humanness in allowing us to see 'how it was' without all the attitude that so often comes with php 'professionals'. Steve Btw, great contributions everyone! Thanks for showing your humanness in allowing us to see ‘how it was’ without all the attitude that so often comes with php ‘professionals’.

Steve

Btw, great contributions everyone!

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