This snippet originally is used for targetting ads banners depended on the geographic location of the visitor, but can be used for other purposes. Also originally is used for US and the rest of the world, but you can add check for other countries too.

Example of how to use CURL with PHP.

A simple search array example.

Format a phone number with php.

I needed to send an email through an authenticated SMTP server. I found the snippet on the PHP website to do the trick.

Convert an irregular name=value pair string into a formatted array.

Generate a random number or string in PHP.

I'm trying to load an object into a session variable.

The recursive function stripslashesDeep($value) will (upon called) strip slashes (\) from strings and arrays (even arrays with arrays within themself). The controlstatement (if) checks if magic quotes gpc is on, if it is we strip the slashes it have added.

Very good snippet if you want to have the "same" input even if you switch to an enviroment where magic quotes gpc is set to something else than on your originall server.

This snippet will undo all the nasty stuff which happens when you set register_globals to on in your php.ini file.

(Originally found in the code of Wordpress).