Mohammed Al Ashaal alash3al

I prioritize finding simple, effective solutions to complex problems

alash3al / has_ar.js

Last active March 8, 2017 14:08

has_ar(), check if string contains arabic char(s)

	/**
	* Check if string has an arabic char
	* @author Mohammed Alashaal <fb.com/alash3al>
	* @param element str
	* @return bool
	*/
	function has_ar(str)
	{
	var x = /[\u0600-\u06FF]+/;
	return x.test(str);

alash3al / array2val.php

Last active April 27, 2017 09:07

Convert any array to string ( single value )

	<?php

	/**
	* Convert array/nested-array to single value
	* @param mixed $arg
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal
	* @license MIT License
	* @return string
	*/
	function array2val($arg)

alash3al / session_init.php

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

better than session_start()

	<?php

	/**
	* Session initializer
	* this function will check whether the session already started or not
	* if it started then it will not start it again
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal
	*/
	function session_init()
	{

alash3al / extract_links.php

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

Extract links from source page or subject

	<?php

	/**
	* A function to extract links from source
	* @version 1.0
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal
	* @copyright 2014
	* @license New BSD License
	*/
	if ( ! function_exists('extract_links') ):

alash3al / form_process_example.php

Last active August 29, 2015 14:08

example > form processing

	<?php

	// here we handle all form errors
	$GLOBALS['formE'] = array();

	// say that some hit the submit button
	// and the form method is POST
	if ( isset( $_POST['submit'] ) )
	{
	// create a shortcut to $_POST var

alash3al / wget.php

Last active February 23, 2023 18:13

wget() in PHP, no more curl, just one line call

	<?php
	/**
	* wget just like linux wget command
	*
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal <is.gd/alash3al>
	* @version 1.0.0
	* @license MIT License
	*
	* @param string $url example 'http://site.com/xxx?k=v'
	* @param string $method example 'GET'

alash3al / uri.js

Last active August 29, 2015 14:15 — forked from jlong/uri.js

	var parser = document.createElement('a');
	parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";

	parser.protocol; // => "http:"
	parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
	parser.port; // => "3000"
	parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
	parser.search; // => "?search=test"
	parser.hash; // => "#hash"
	parser.host; // => "example.com:3000"

alash3al / wget.php

Last active August 29, 2015 14:15

wget(), version 2, a PHP curl alternative

	<?php

	/**
	* wget, the curl alternative
	*
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal <is.gd/alash3al>, <fb.com/alash3al>
	* @version 2.0.0
	* @license MIT License
	*
	* @param string $url example 'http://site.com/xxx?k=v'

alash3al / file2base64.js

Last active August 29, 2015 14:15

javascript file2base46, return an uploaded file as base64 encoded

	/**
	* File2Base64
	*
	* @param string file the path of the files
	* @param string mim_type the type of the file e.g: 'image/png'
	* @param callable callback the callback that handle the base64encoded string
	*
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal
	* @version 1.0.0
	*/

alash3al / parse_url.js

Last active August 29, 2015 14:15

Parse a url and return its components, php parse_url() for javascript

	/**
	* Parse a url and return its components
	*
	* @param string $url
	* @return Object
	*
	* @author Mohammed Al Ashaal <is.gd/alash3al>, inspired by PHP
	* @version 1.0.0
	*/
	function parse_url($url)