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February 11, 2017

Commonly use PHP functions or code snippets in my PHP projects

Few years ago, I have been actively developing web applications in PHP and some of my old PHP project source code are backed up on my GitHub. Within that period, I have been using these PHP custom functions for most of my PHP projects. Some of these code snippets are created by my own to suit my development requirements.

Hash user password

<?php
function hashUserPassword($salt, $password) {
    return hash("SHA512", base64_encode(str_rot13(hash("SHA512", str_rot13($salt . $password)))));
}
?>

Working with string inputs in secure manner

<?php
// HTML encode string
function htmlEncodeString($str) {
    return htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
}

// Trim whitespace including non-breaking space.
function trimString($str, $charlist = " \t\n\r\0\x0B\xC2\xA0") {
    return utf8_trim($str, $charlist);
}

// Convert \r\n and \r to \n
function linebreakString($str) {
    return str_replace(array(
        "\r\n",
        "\r"
    ), "\n", $str);
}

// Only accepts alphanumeric and underscore characters.
function isValidUsername($str) {
    return preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/', $str);
}

// Only accepts alphanumeric, underscore, dash, dot and whitespace characters.
function isStandardCharacters($str) {
    return preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\s]+$/', $str);
}

// Save string input from textarea for address with new line format.
function address($str) {
    return nl2br(stripslashes(rtrim($str)));
}

// Normalize string.
function normalize($str) {
    return stripslashes(rtrim($str));
}

// Sanitize string.
function sanitize($string) {
    return stripslashes(rtrim(htmlspecialchars($string)));
}
?>

Get Gravatar

<?php
function getGravatar($email, $default = 'retro', $size = '50') {
    return "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/" . md5(strtolower(trim($email))) . "?d=" . urlencode($default) . "&s=" . $size;
}
?>

Get IP Address

<?php
function getIp() {
    $ipaddress = '';
    if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) {
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
    } else if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
    } else if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) {
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    } else {
        $ipaddress = 'UNKNOWN';
    }
    return $ipaddress;
}
?>

Get current page URL

<?php
function getCurrentPageUrl() {
    $s        = empty($_SERVER["HTTPS"]) ? '' : ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") ? "s" : "";
    $protocol = substr(strtolower($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]), 0, strpos(strtolower($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]), "/")) . $s;
    $port     = ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] == "80") ? "" : (":" . $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"]);
    return $protocol . "://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $port . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}
?>

Convert timestamp to time-ago style

<?php
function timeAgo($timestamp) {
    $timestamp    = (int) $timestamp;
    $current_time = time();
    $diff         = $current_time - $timestamp;
    $intervals    = array(
        'year' => 31556926,
        'month' => 2629744,
        'week' => 604800,
        'day' => 86400,
        'hour' => 3600,
        'minute' => 60
    );
    if ($diff == 0) {
        return 'just now';
    }
    if ($diff < 60) {
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' second ago' : $diff . ' seconds ago';
    }
    if ($diff >= 60 && $diff < $intervals['hour']) {
        $diff = floor($diff / $intervals['minute']);
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' minute ago' : $diff . ' minutes ago';
    }
    if ($diff >= $intervals['hour'] && $diff < $intervals['day']) {
        $diff = floor($diff / $intervals['hour']);
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' hour ago' : $diff . ' hours ago';
    }
    if ($diff >= $intervals['day'] && $diff < $intervals['week']) {
        $diff = floor($diff / $intervals['day']);
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' day ago' : $diff . ' days ago';
    }
    if ($diff >= $intervals['week'] && $diff < $intervals['month']) {
        $diff = floor($diff / $intervals['week']);
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' week ago' : $diff . ' weeks ago';
    }
    if ($diff >= $intervals['month'] && $diff < $intervals['year']) {
        $diff = floor($diff / $intervals['month']);
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' month ago' : $diff . ' months ago';
    }
    if ($diff >= $intervals['year']) {
        $diff = floor($diff / $intervals['year']);
        return $diff == 1 ? $diff . ' year ago' : $diff . ' years ago';
    }
}
?>

Create HTML anchor to URL, @mention and #hashtag

<?php
// Make URL, #mention, #hashtag clickable.
function makeClickable($input) {
    $output = preg_replace(array(
        '/(?i)\b((?:https?:\/\/|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:\'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))/',
        '/(^|[^a-z0-9_])@([a-z0-9_]+)/i',
        '/(^|[^a-z0-9_])#([a-z0-9_]+)/i'
    ), array(
        '<a href="$1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">$1</a>',
        ' <a href="profile.php?user=$2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@$2</a>',
        ' <a href="hashtag.php?tag=$2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#$2</a>'
    ), $input);
    return $output;
}
?>

BB code style, emoticons conversion

<?php
// (.*?) is a search pattern, will match with emoticon image filename.
function bbCode($var) {
    $search = array(
        '/\[\:s(.*?)\:\]/is',
        '/\[\:t(.*?)\:\]/is',
        '/\[\:o(.*?)\:\]/is',
        '/\[\:c(.*?)\:\]/is'
    );

    $replace = array(
        '<img src="img/smileys/s$1.png">',
        '<img src="img/tuzkiclub/t$1.gif">',
        '<img src="img/onionclub/o$1.gif">',
        '<img src="img/cutes/c$1.gif">'
    );

    $result = preg_replace($search, $replace, $var);
    return $result;
}
?>

Generate or get random key

<?php
// $len is a length of the random key.
function getRandomKey($len, $readable = false, $hash = false) {
    $key = '';

    if ($hash)
        $key = substr(sha1(uniqid(rand(), true)), 0, $len);
    else if ($readable) {
        $chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';

        for ($i = 0; $i < $len; ++$i)
            $key .= substr($chars, (mt_rand() % strlen($chars)), 1);
    } else
        for ($i = 0; $i < $len; ++$i)
            $key .= chr(mt_rand(33, 126));

    return $key;
}
?>

Truncate a long text

<?php
// $length = 0 will retain the original text length.
function truncateLongText($text, $length = 0) {
    if ($length > 0 && strlen($text) > $length) {
        $tmp = substr($text, 0, $length);
        $tmp = substr($tmp, 0, strrpos($tmp, ' '));
        if (strlen($tmp) >= $length - 3) {
            $tmp = substr($tmp, 0, strrpos($tmp, ' '));
        }
        $text = $tmp . '...';
    }
    return $text;
}
?>

Generate or get random password

<?php
function generateRandomPassword($length = 9, $strength = 0) {
    $vowels     = 'aeuy';
    $consonants = 'bdghjmnpqrstvz';
    if ($strength >= 1) {
        $consonants .= 'BDGHJLMNPQRSTVWXZ';
    }
    if ($strength >= 2) {
        $vowels .= "AEUY";
    }
    if ($strength >= 4) {
        $consonants .= '23456789';
    }
    if ($strength >= 8) {
        $vowels .= '@#$%';
    }

    $password = '';
    $alt      = time() % 2;
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        if ($alt == 1) {
            $password .= $consonants[(rand() % strlen($consonants))];
            $alt = 0;
        } else {
            $password .= $vowels[(rand() % strlen($vowels))];
            $alt = 1;
        }
    }
    return $password;
}
?>

<?php
function autolink($message, $strip_tags = false) {
    if ($strip_tags) {
        $message = strip_tags($message);
    }

    // Convert all URLs to clickable links
    $message     = preg_replace('#([s|^])(www)#i', '$1https://$2', $message);
    $pattern     = '#((http|https|ftp|telnet|news|gopher|file|wais)://[^s]+)#i';
    $replacement = '<a href="$1" target="_blank">$1</a>';
    $message     = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $message);

    // Convert all email matches to appropriate HTML links
    $pattern = '#([0-9a-z]([-_.]?[0-9a-z])*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*\.';
    $pattern .= '[a-wyz][a-z](fo|g|l|m|mes|o|op|pa|ro|seum|t|u|v|z)?)#i';
    $replacement = '<a href="mailto:\1">\1</a>';
    $message     = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $message);
    return $message;
}
?>

Check if the URL is a valid URL

<?php
function isValidUrl($url) {
    $regex = "((https?|ftp)\:\/\/)?"; // Scheme
    $regex .= "([a-z0-9+!*(),;?&=\$_.-]+(\:[a-z0-9+!*(),;?&=\$_.-]+)?@)?"; // User and Pass
    $regex .= "([a-z0-9-.]*)\.([a-z]{2,3})"; // Host or IP
    $regex .= "(\:[0-9]{2,5})?"; // Port
    $regex .= "(\/([a-z0-9+\$_-]\.?)+)*\/?"; // Path
    $regex .= "(\?[a-z+&\$_.-][a-z0-9;:@&%=+\/\$_.-]*)?"; // GET Query
    $regex .= "(#[a-z_.-][a-z0-9+\$_.-]*)?"; // Anchor
    return preg_match("/^$regex$/", $url);
}
?>

Simple string encryption and decryption

<?php
// Encrypt a plain string.
function encryptString($key, $string) {
    return base64_encode(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, md5($key), $string, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, md5(md5($key))));
}

// Decrypt an encrypted string.
function decryptString($key, $string) {
    return rtrim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, md5($key), base64_decode($string), MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, md5(md5($key))), "\0");
}
?>
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