Determine PHP script Invocation: CLI or by the Web Server
In most cases you can distinguish if a PHP script was invoked from the command line (or Cron) or by the web server, using php_sapi_name(). php_sapi_name() will return cli on…
Replace accented characters with non accented with PHP
Sometimes you need to replace accented characters with non accented, for example when you want to perform an accent insensitive search. A solution could be the following function: <?php /**…
Check if a string represents a valid Date or Time with PHP
PHP DateTime class, available with PHP versions greater than 5.2 is very powerful. As an example, it ts very easy to check if a string represents a valid date or…
How to Parse an include file and Store the result in a Variable with PHP
Use of include is very common in PHP. include will parse a file and display the result. But, how to store the result in a variable for later use? In…
How to Get Current Datetime (NOW) with PHP
To get current datetime (now) with PHP you can use date with any PHP version, or better datetime class with PHP >= 5.2 Various date format expressions are available here.…