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PHP date dashes to slashes

Converting a date format, simply and quickly.

This function is used on my own site : http://www.maggsweb.co.uk

display filesize

Nicely displaying the filesize, using bytes, megabytes, etc..

= 1024) { 
     $size /= 1024; 
     $pos++; 
   }
  return round($size,1)." ".$type[$pos];
}
?>

resubmit sitemap automatically using curl

How to resubmit generated sitemaps automatically (using cron) or on an event (like re-generation of the sitemap).

And the function goodiness….

Date format switching for MySQL

Easy way of switching between mysql and “normal” dates (english, not american)…

Show Bytes

Haven’t actually used this one, but it does work…

 1099511627776,  // pow( 1024, 4)
		'GB' => 1073741824,     // pow( 1024, 3)
		'MB' => 1048576,        // pow( 1024, 2)
		'kB' => 1024,           // pow( 1024, 1)
		'B ' => 1,              // pow( 1024, 0)
	);

	foreach ( $quant as $unit => $mag )
		if ( doubleval($bytes) >= $mag )
			return number_format_i18n( $bytes / $mag, $decimals ) . ' ' . $unit;

	return false;
}
?>

Dump variables

This is my extension of an existing function, adatped for my requirements.

";
    $output .= "";
    $output .= "";
    $output .= "" . $VARIABLE_NAME . "";
    $output .= "";
    $output .= "";
    if (is_array($data)){
        foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
            //$value = dumpr($key, $value);
            $output .= "";
            $output .= "$key";
            $output .= "$value";
            $output .= "";
        }
    } else {
        $output .= "";
        $output .= "$data";
        $output .= "";
    }
    $output .= "";
    $output .= "";
    return $output;
}
?>

Use like this:
echo dumpr(‘NAME’,$var);
echo dumpr(‘SESSION’,$_SESSION);
etc..

Displays a nicely formatted table, with values of a string / array / object clearly displayed.

Strip non-alphanumeric characters

Remove all non alpha-numeric characters from a string.

Automated Tiny URL

Function to create TinyURL’s on-the-fly
http://tinyurl.com/

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Compressing CSS files – on the fly

I hate compressing CSS files as they become totally unreadable for editing. I end up keeping 2 versions, compressed and uncompressed, etc.. But how about compressing all your CSS files into one file, ‘on-the-fly’. Now that has solved the problem.