To define a constant, use the format: define(constant_name,constant_value,case_insensitive) e.g. define(“MYCONSTANT”,”This is the value of the constant”,false); print “Constant is ” . constant(“MYCONSTANT”); ?>

Sample code to handle page inclusion based on get values  // parse the passed value switch($_GET['page']) {   // check for page1   case(‘page1′):   include ‘page1.php’;   break;   // check for page2   case(‘page2′):   include ‘page2.php’;   break;   // send other enquiries to our 404 page   default:   include ‘page404.php’; [read more...]

When working with untrusted information it is always worth running it through the htmlspecialchars function. This function converts characters that are used by html into safer versions, e.g. ‘<’ becomes $lt; myString = htmlspecialchars($_GET['fieldname'], ENT_QUOTES);

example code to add a number of days to a date // add 5 days $daystoadd=5; // calculate hours $hours=$daystoadd * 24; // get today $dd=date(d); $mm=date(m); $yy=date(y); // calculate the new date $newdate=date(“d-m-y”, mktime($hours, 0, 0, $mm, $dd, $yy)); // show the new date echo “The new date is: ” . $new;

A useful routine to calculate and show an expiration date based on a given number of hours // Hours to expiration $iHrs = 72; // Date from database $dbDate = ’2008-04-08 16:53:19′; // obtain current date and time $iTimeNow = date(“U”); // calculate expiry time $iExpiryTime = ($iHrs * 3600) + strtotime(“$dbDate”) ; // set [read more...]

An early routine written in ASP to cut off a given string after a given number of words: strText = “This is some example text To prove the Get teaser function” Response.Write GetTeaser(strText,9) function GetTeaser(strText,iWords)   Dim strTaster   Dim iCount   strTaster = “”   iCount = 0   While (iCount < iWords)    [read more...]

To get a random number at a shell script in Unix (I tried this on AIX 5 and it worked) use $RANDOM echo $RANDOM 26558 echo $RANDOM 16737 echo $RANDOM 11669

Timer Example private Timer myTimer;   myTimer = new Timer();   // Show Splash Screen   myTimer.schedule( new waitSplash(), 2000 ); // process the splash screen timer   private void dismiss()   {   myTimer.cancel();   // change to your form here   myDisplay.getDisplay(this).setCurrent(yourForm);   } // if we reached here then timer has completed [read more...]