Richard Castera

PHP - Generate a random password based on length

Richard — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:08:48 +0000

function generate_password($int_num_of_chars)

{   

    if (is_numeric($int_num_of_chars) && ($int_num_of_chars > 0))

    {

        $str_chars = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_";

        for ($i = 0; $i < $int_num_of_chars; $i ++)  

        {

            $str_password .= $str_chars[rand(0, strlen($str_chars)-1)];

         }

    }

    return $str_password;

}

PHP - Truncate a string to a given length

Richard — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:13:12 +0000

This is a function I use to display the ellipses when I want to truncate and display a summary of a larger body of text.

function truncate_string($int_length = 0, $str_text = "")

{

    if ($int_length == 0)

    {

        return $str_text;

    }

    if(strlen($str_text) > $int_length)

    { 

        preg_match("/[a-zA-Z0-9]{0, " . $int_length . "}/", $str_text, $str_new_text); 

        return ($str_new_text . "…"); 

    } 

    else

    {

        return $str_text;

    }

}

Get the filename from upload form using Javascript

Richard — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:07:35 +0000

I needed a way to access the filename of a file being uploaded or attached using the input file from a form. So, I created a nice little function to achieve this. Hopefully it comes in handy for someone.

function get_name_from_path(str_filepath)

{

    var obj_re = new RegExp(/([^\/\\]+)$/);

    var str_name = obj_re.exec(str_filepath);

    if (str_name == null)

    {

        return null;

    }

    else

    {

        return str_name[0];

    }

}

Javascript - Capitalize Each Word in a String

Richard — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:18:09 +0000

This is a great little function that I use to capitalize every word in a string.

function wordToUpper(str_sentence)

{

    return str_sentence.toLowerCase().replace(/\b[a-z]/g, convertToUpper);

    function convertToUpper()

    {

        return arguments[0].toUpperCase();

    }

}

Brusheezy - index of Free Photoshop Brushes

Richard — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:43:27 +0000

Brusheezy is a place for artists to download and vote for the best custom Photoshop Brushes and photoshop patterns on the internet! This site is updated every day with new Brushes for Photoshop so check back often!

Vecteezy - index of Free Vector Graphics

Richard — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:09:17 +0000

Vecteezy is an index of Free Vector Graphics available for download by some of the best artists around the world. The site is updated every day, so be sure to check back often.

Datejs - An Open-Source JavaScript Date Library

Richard — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:01:14 +0000

Datejs is an open-source JavaScript Date Library. Comprehensive, yet simple, stealthy and fast. Datejs has passed all trials and is ready to strike. Datejs doesn’t just parse strings, it slices them cleanly in two.

// What date is next thrusday?

Date.today().next().thursday();

// Add 3 days to Today

Date.today().add(3).days();

// Is today Friday?

Date.today().is().friday();

// Number fun

(3).days().ago();

// 6 months from now

var n = 6;

n.months().fromNow();

// Set to 8:30 AM on the 15th day of the month

Date.today().set({ day: 15, hour: 8, minute: 30 });

// Convert text into Date

Date.parse(‘today’);

Date.parse(‘t + 5 d’); // today + 5 days

Date.parse(‘next thursday’);

Date.parse(‘February 20th 1973′);

Date.parse(‘Thu, 1 July 2004 22:30:00′);

MooCrop - A Mootools Image Cropping utility

Richard — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:29:42 +0000

MooCrop is an Image Cropping utility using the amazingly powerful Mootools Javascript framework. Alone it serves no practical purpose but used in conjunction with a server side script becomes a powerful image manipulation tool.

Magento - Powerful Open Source E-Commerce Software

Richard — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:43:42 +0000

Magento is the open-source eCommerce solution that promises to revolutionize the industry. It’s modular architecture and unprecedented flexibility means your business is no longer constrained by your eCommerce platform. Magento is total control.

jobberBase - Free Job Board Software

Richard — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:51:56 +0000

jobberBase based on the popular Romanian Job Board Jobber, is an open source job listing software which is great for creating a single-industry job board.