My Personal Library for various conveniences in PHP.
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bit_to_bool($bit)- Returns a boolean from a binary bit (int 0 or 1) -
bool_to_bit($bool)- Returns a binary bit (int 0 or 1) from a boolean #####The above methods are good for storing booleans in a MySQL database in a performance-friendly fashion -
closeScript($message = '')- A version of die() that will also close the MySQL connection on $con. Must specify a message for the script to die -
cleanString($string)- Returns a string with stripped out extra characters (everything but alphanumerics) -
generate_random_string($nbLetters)- Returns a random string. $nbLetters is the length of the string -
get_client_ip()- Returns a client's ip address in 0.0.0.0 form. False if not found. This method is to be improved for ipv6 and more clients -
get_random_string($valid_chars, $length)- Returns a random string. $valid_chars is an array of characters that the string will be made up of. $length is the length of the string -
query($query)- Run a MySQL query on $con connection variable (must be already set) -
MySQLConnect()- Connect to MySQL based on $dbServer, $dbUsername, $dbPassword, $dbDatabse variables that must be already set. Returns the connection variable
- Recommended: Set the output of this function to a variable $con if you plan on using the above query function i.e. $con = MySQLConnect();
toFloat($string)- Convert any string into a float, stripping out all extra characters