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paulund / debug-array-php.php

Last active December 18, 2015 23:19

Debug Array in PHP

paulund / cache-pages-with-php.php

Created June 25, 2013 18:27

Here is a quick code snippet which will allow you to easily cache pages in PHP.

	<?php
	//cache file
	$cachefile = 'cached/'.date('M-d-Y').'.php';

	//Total time the file will be cached in seconds set to 10 hours
	$cachetime = 36000;

	//If the cache file already exists and the cache file is over 10hours old then display the cache file
	if (file_exists($cachefile) && time() - $cachetime < filemtime($cachefile)) {
	include($cachefile);

paulund / combine-multiple-javascript-files.php

Created June 25, 2013 18:33

A PHP snippet to read multiple javascript files and combine them by changing the content type of the combined files.

	<?php
	readfile('jquery.js');
	readfile('general.js');
	readfile('jquery-ui.js');
	readfile('page.js');
	header('Content-type: text/javascript');
	?>

paulund / example-curl-request.php

Created June 25, 2013 18:39

Here is an example of a CURL request using PHP.

	<?php
	$request = "request=string of request";

	// Send using curl
	$ch = curl_init();
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); // URL to post
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1 ); // return into a variable
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header ); // headers from above
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PORT, 8080);

paulund / example-ltrim-function.php

Last active December 18, 2015 23:19

Examples of using multiple trim functions with PHP

	<?php
	$string = ' This is an example string ';
	echo ltrim($string); // This is display the text This is an example string .
	?>

paulund / add-option-to-dropdown.js

Created June 25, 2013 18:50

Add and Remove Options in Select using jQuery

paulund / automatically-set-application-locale.php

Last active March 27, 2019 15:04

Automatically Detect Browser Language With PHP

	<?php

	$supportedLangs = array('en-GB', 'fr', 'de');

	$languages = explode(',',$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);

	foreach($languages as $lang)
	{
	if(in_array($lang, $supportedLangs))
	{

paulund / secure-uploads-directory.txt

Created June 30, 2013 08:44

Secure the WordPress uploads directory

	# Secure /uploads/ directory from unwanted file types
	<Files ~ "...">
	Order Allow,Deny
	Deny from all
	</Files>
	<FilesMatch ".(jpg\|jpeg\|jpe\|gif\|png\|tif\|tiff)$">
	Order Deny,Allow
	Allow from all
	</FilesMatch>

paulund / login-to-wordpress-with-email-address.php

Created June 30, 2013 08:57

Function to allow users to login into WordPress using your email address.

	<?php

	function login_with_email_address($username) {
	$user = get_user_by_email($username);
	if(!empty($user->user_login))
	$username = $user->user_login;
	return $username;
	}
	add_action('wp_authenticate','login_with_email_address');

paulund / compare-strings-with-double-equals-capitals.php

Created June 30, 2013 09:35

A number of ways to compare string with PHP, used in the post http://www.paulund.co.uk/how-to-compare-strings-in-php

	<?php
	// Using the == operator, Strings do not match is printed
	if('string1' == 'STRING1')
	{
	echo 'Strings match.';
	} else {
	echo 'Strings do not match.';
	}