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A quick easy way to convert a PHP object to an array by using the (array) cast.

Use this class to measure how long it takes for a script or function to execute

Many people don't realize that the escaping for XML and HTML is subtly different. In PHP, people often use htmlentities when they want to escape XML, but that doesn't handle some of the substitutions correctly. Here is some code found in some comments...

A couple of quick examples of how to do a regular expression match in PHP.

Check a passed string is a valid e-mail format, does not truly check if it is a valid e-mail, just that it looks right.

Similar to htmlspecialchars but escapes a string for use in javascript, for example being passed as a variable.

How to send the appropriate HTTP status code programattically using PHP. There are a few scenarios you may want to do this. I'm using this for a 301 redirect code, for an RSS feed to let the bot know that the RSS feed is in a new location and to fetch fro...