Ben Centra bencentra

Staff Software Engineer @ Toast Work Profile: https://github.com/bencentra-toast

bencentra / Gruntfile.js

Last active August 29, 2015 14:15

A starter Gruntfile with common tasks

	module.exports = function(grunt) {

	// Project config
	grunt.initConfig({
	pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
	// Variables
	scssPath: 'style/',
	scssFile: '<%= scssPath %><%= pkg.name %>.scss',
	scssIncludes: '<%= scssPath %>*/.scss',
	jsPath: 'js/',

bencentra / getRequestParam.js

Last active August 29, 2015 14:14

Memoized function for getting request parameters from the URL

	var getRequestParam = (function(window) {
	var params = [], keys = [], values = [];
	return function(param) {
	var index = -1, pair;
	if (params.length === 0) {
	params = window.location.href.split("?");
	if (params.length === 1) return false;
	params = params[1].split("&");
	params.forEach(function(p) {
	pair = p.split("=");

bencentra / DatabaseUtils.php

Last active February 14, 2022 14:45

Revised version of db_utils.php, refactored as a PHP class.

	<?php

	/*
	* DatabaseUtils.php - A class of simple database utilities.
	*
	* Performs CRUD operations using PDO (MySQL) prepared statements.
	*
	* Author: bencentra (https://gist.github.com/bencentra/92228e1f4139436c4153)
	*/

bencentra / esignature.html

Last active July 19, 2024 12:42

Example of using HTML5 canvas with both mouse and (single) touch input

	<!DOCTYPE HTML>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
	<meta name="description" content="">
	<meta name="keywords" content="">
	<meta name="author" content="">
	<title>E-Signature</title>

bencentra / dbInfo.inc

Last active August 29, 2015 14:03

Sample file for storing database credentials and initializing a global PDO object for database operations

	<?php

	$dbName = ""; // Name of the database to use
	$dbUser = ""; // Username of the database user
	$dbPass = ""; // Password of the database user
	$dbHost = ""; // Host of the database

	try {
	// Create a global PDO object
	$pdo = new PDO(

bencentra / template.html

Last active August 29, 2015 14:00

Template webpage with Boostrap, jQuery, and AngularJS what for the quickly starting of webapps.

	<!DOCTYPE HTML>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
	<meta name="description" content="">
	<meta name="keywords" content="">
	<meta name="author" content="">
	<title>Page Title</title>

bencentra / db_utils.php

Last active January 16, 2017 22:22

A bunch of database functions for prepared statements with PDO. Assumes a global $pdo object created in separate 'dbInfo.inc' file.

	<?php

	// Include the database connection info
	require_once("path/to/dbInfo.inc");

	/*
	* Database methods
	*/
	function db_select($sql, $data)
	{

bencentra / canvas.html

Created February 3, 2014 15:19

Messing around with the HTML5 canvas

	<!DOCTYPE HTML>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Canvas! Yeah!</title>
	<style type="text/css">
	* {
	font-family: Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;
	}

	.center {

bencentra / xss_whitelist.php

Created August 17, 2013 01:47

A basic whitelist to prevent XSS.

	<?php
	function xss_whitelist($input, $limit = null, $offset = 0)
	{
	// Force input to be a string0
	$x = (string) $input;

	// Allow alphanumeric characters, whitespace, and specific characters
	$x = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9 -:,.!?\/\|]/", "",$x);

	// Limit characters

bencentra / spinner.html

Last active January 3, 2025 20:07

A game show/board game style spinner, made with SVG and JavaScript. Add some data to the "Slice" objects and make something useful out of it.