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Erenor / Countries iso-alpha-2 and iso-alpha-3 array

Created July 28, 2021 09:45

A simple array. indexed by iso-alpha-2, to convert country codes

	$countries = array (
	'AF' =>
	array (
	'alpha2' => 'AF',
	'alpha3' => 'AFG',
	'full' => 'Afghanistan',
	),
	'AL' =>
	array (
	'alpha2' => 'AL',

Erenor / names_generator_form_syllables.py

Last active February 16, 2020 15:15

[PYTHON 3.6] A simple class used to create random names based on syllables dictionaries

	# Needed built-in modules
	import random

	# Randomic names for "whatever"
	class MyRandomName:
	"""Class used to create randomized names based on syllables-ish lists
	Tested with Python 3.6
	See: https://pyfiddle.io/fiddle/ea12ddcc-d989-4d87-9a62-836aa1e4b624/?i=true
	"""

Erenor / function-random-string-to-hex-color.php

Last active February 16, 2020 15:15

[PHP] A simple function to get a 6-chars hexadecimal color starting from any string

	/**
	* Function takes a random string and returns an hex color in the 6-digits format
	*
	* @param string $input
	*
	* @return string
	*/
	function meow_str_to_hex_color($input) {
	//characters that we do not want into an hex color
	$replace = range('g', 'z');

Erenor / php-comparison-with-two-equal-signs.php

Created June 14, 2018 15:56

[PHP] The comparison with two equal signs

 //to be used when you are not really sure about the outcome of a comparison, or when you get an "unexpected" result
 $a = array( 'a', 0, '0', false, null, );
 $b = $a;
 foreach($a as $temp) {
     foreach($b as $meow) {
         echo var_export($temp, true) . ' == ' . var_export($meow, true) . ' : ' . var_export($temp == $meow, true);
         echo '<br>';
     }
 }

Erenor / remove-duplicates-from-array.js

Last active May 23, 2018 07:17

[JAVASCRIPT] Function to remove duplicate items from an array of objects, using "key" as comparison (other keys are not considered)

-/**
- * Function to remove duplicate items, using "key" as comparison (other keys are not considered)
- */
-function ereUniques(arr, key) {
-	var len = arr.length;
-	var seen = [];
-	var final = [];
-	var finalCounter = 0;
-	var i, innerItem;
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {

Erenor / ereg-workaround-for-php-7.php

Last active September 28, 2022 08:16

[PHP] Workaround for the absent "ereg()" function, in PHP 7+

	//make sure the function is not already there ;-)
	if (!function_exists('ereg'))
	{
	//@see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6270004/how-can-i-convert-ereg-expressions-to-preg-in-php
	//@see http://php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php
	//@see http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
	function ereg($pattern, $string, $matches = null)
	{
	//quote delimiters, if already present in the pattern (ereg does not have delimiters)
	$pattern = preg_quote($pattern, '~');

Erenor / countries-no-accents.php

Last active May 23, 2018 07:20

[PHP] Array of world countries (code => label), without special chars

	<?php

	//an array of countries indexed by their country code
	//names do NOT contain special or accented chars
	$countriesByCountryCode = array (
	'AF' => 'Afghanistan',
	'AX' => 'Aland Islands',
	'AL' => 'Albania',
	'DZ' => 'Algeria',
	'AS' => 'American Samoa',

Erenor / italian-provinces.php

Last active May 22, 2019 09:48

[PHP] Array of italian provinces (code => label) ordered by province's name, with accents (e.g. "Forlì") and single quotes (e.g. "L'Aquila") where needed

	<?php
	//we use double quotes to avoid having to escape the single quote within the city of L'Aquila
	//accents are not html encoded: use UTF8 to ensure they will not be transformed to something strange
	$provinces = array (
	'AG' => "Agrigento",
	'AL' => "Alessandria",
	'AN' => "Ancona",
	'AO' => "Aosta",
	'AR' => "Arezzo",
	'AP' => "Ascoli Piceno",

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