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PHP Programming Tips

Turn On Error Reporting

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_STRICT);

Turn Off Error Reporting

error_reporting(0);

if/else Shortcut

if($varA == $varB){$valid = true;}else{$valid = false;}
$valid = ($varA == $varB ? true : false);

Create Random Password

function generate_passwd($length = 16){
    static $chars = 'abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789';
    $chars_len = strlen($chars);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++)
        $password .= $chars[mt_rand(0, $chars_len - 1)];
    return $password;
}

Date/Time Conversion

list($year, $month, $day) = split("-", $date);
$date = date('M d, Y', mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year));

Prevent Any Repetitions Of Characters

$str = preg_replace('{(.)\1+}','$1',$str);

Remove A URL/Link

$str = preg_replace('.*.*<\W*\/a\W*>', '[LINK REMOVED], $str');

Pre Define Variables

Bad Example

if($_POST['username'] == 'rob' && $_POST['password'] == 'foo'){
$authenticated = true; }

Good Example

$authenticated = false;
if($_POST['username'] == 'rob' && $_POST['password'] == 'foo'){
$authenticated = true;

Salt And Save An Md5 Password

$salt = 'thequickbrownfox';
$password 'foobar123';
$salted_hash = md5($salt . $password);

Pause Program Execution

sleep($ss); // $ss = number of seconds to wait