PHP: strtolower for Russian and Cyrillic
If you need to work with Russian text in PHP, you may notice that functions that are related to CaSe are not working as expected. I mean strtolower, strtouper, ucwords, and so on. In order to get what...
View ArticleTwitter Error 417 – Expectation Failed: PHP Solution
Recently I had to deal with Twitter avatar upload for a Twitter application. Everything went very well, but when I have prepared everything for the upload query, the only server response I got was...
View ArticleHow to Delete a Cookie With PHP
Working with cookies is essential when you create websites, that track user activity on the site. Sometimes you need to delete cookies you previously set. Since cookies are small files that are stored...
View ArticleHow to Reset the Array of Mail Recipients using PHPMailer
Today I had to fix a script that sends an e-mail using PHPMailer. Here is the intital code: $mail->From = “lampdocs@gmail.com”; $mail->FromName = “Lampdocs.com”;...
View ArticleCaSe Insensitive substr_count in PHP: Is There any Elegant Solution?
Recently I’ve been searching for case insensitive version of substr_count in PHP. I haven’t found any elegant solution, so let me post the simple code that does the trick....
View ArticleHow to Send a Refund with Paypal API – PHP Solution
Just wanted to paste a PHP solution for a Paypal refund. It was found on Paypal official site, but I spent some time to get it. [code type=php]
View ArticleHow to Show Only Duplicate Values From an Array With PHP
If you have an array with duplicate values, sometimes you might need to show only non-unique elements. Here is a short code in PHP that will allow you to do this. <? $arr=array_map("trim",...
View ArticleSSL read: error:140940E5:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:ssl handshake failure,...
After another PHP recompilation I’ve started getting the following error while trying to access SSL websites with cURL: 56 SSL read: error:140940E5:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:ssl handshake failure,...
View ArticleHow to Open Links in a New Tab in Hesk 2.5.2
If you have used Hesk before, you must have mentioned that all links that were posted by users at the time of ticlet creation/reply were opening in new tabs. If you decide to update to 2.5.2 (I was...
View ArticleSetting Timeout Value for file_get_contents in PHP
Sometimes you need to avoid using cURL for getting external web content for any reasons. You’re lucky that PHP has some built-in functions that allow you to get data from the Web without cURL. But if...
View ArticleSMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) –...
Sometimes users need to send outgoing e-mails with external SMTP servers. Most popular example is PHPMailer with its ability to use free SMTP servers, for example Gmail. Here is the short piece of...
View ArticleHow to Show Current Query When Using Activerecord in Yii2
Today just a simple command. If you need to know the current query for an Activerecord object, you need this simple command: $query->createCommand()->getRawSql(); This will show current SQL...
View ArticleHow to Enable Optional Trailing Slash in Yii2 URLs
Inspired from Github If you have links, that might end with slashes (sometimes they are being added automatically), you won’t be able to handle them unless you add a string to your Yii2 project...
View ArticleHow to Set Up Custom HTTPD Configuration for Yii2 on a Directadmin Server...
Today I’m coming with a setting for Yii2, as I haven’t found any documentation about this. So we will set up advanced template of Yii, on a Directadmin server, running on nginx. First of all, you need...
View ArticleHow to convert small value in PHP like 1.0 E-5 to “normal” view
Sometimes you might have small numbers in PHP. So small, that they are automatically converted to exponential format. In order to show them as numbers, here is the code: $number=...
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How to Generate Multisig Bitcoin Addresses with the list of xpubs in PHP
Another script, that I had to create by myself, since I haven’t found a solution for such a simple task. Let’s say you create a multisig Bitcoin wallet in Electrum. Let’s start with a basic version...
View ArticleHow to Query an ElectrumX Server with PHP
Spent several hours today figuring out how to interact with an ElectrumX server, and it resulted into just several lines of code. I hope this will save someone time. I will show 2 versions – for TCP...
View ArticleHow to get the Redeem Script for a P2SH Address From Private Key with PHP
Just a quick piece of code, that is using Bitwasp library to mare redeem script from private key <?php require __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php"; use BitWasp\Bitcoin\Key\Factory\PrivateKeyFactory;...
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