Chek if a phone numbers is valid, according to its syntax (should be: "+390523599314"). True if it's valid, False otherwise
function is_valid_phone( $phone ) { if ( $phone[0] != "+" ) { return false; } // end if else { $phone = substr( $phone, 1 ); // delete the "+" if ( !is_numeric( $phone ) ) { return false; } // end if } // end else return true; } // end function is_valid_phone
parse_str() is fine for simple stuff but it's not the same as PHP's built way of creating the $_GET magic variable. Why?!?......
The best way to determine the character count of a UTF8 string. function strlen_utf8( $str ) { return mb_strlen( $str, 'UTF-8' ); } //or... function strlen_utf8( $str ) { $c = 0;...
This way useful for create mixed arguments function. function foo() { $args = func_get_args(); print_r($args); } foo(1, 1256, 6, 17); //mixed ... -------------------Out-...
Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement. howewer it check get_magic_quotes_gpc function is enable or no. if true , it strips string from slashes and escaped string from spec...
