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Validate domain name using filter_var function in php

Silver Moon — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:24:11 +0000

The filter_var function of php is capable of validating many things like emails, urls, ip addresses etc. It does not have a direct option to validate a domain name however. So I coded up this little snippet that the filter_var function with a little tweak so that it can validate domain names as well. function... Read More »

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How to download a file using Curl in PHP – Code Snippet

Silver Moon — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:08:03 +0000

Download a File using Curl Here is a quick curl snippet for php, that can download a remote file and save it. <?php set_time_limit(0); // File to save the contents to $fp = fopen ('files2.tar', 'w+'); $url = "http://localhost/files.tar"; // Here is the file we are downloading, replace spaces with %20 $ch = curl_init(str_replace(" ","%20",$url));... Read More »

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Fill text templates using arrays in php

Silver Moon — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:12:35 +0000

Text templates are often used to generate content like notification emails, invoices filled with the details of a customer or user. The best example would be a bulk email program that sends out emails to multiple users filling the details of the particular user in every individual mail. Text templates have place holders for fields... Read More »

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