Finding a YouTube channel id with PHP
Have you ever wanted to quickly get a YouTube channels id quickly and simply? To do this in PHP firstly you will need PHP simple HTML DOM parser download simple_html_dom.php from…
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How to get Arma server player count with Steam api in PHP
An under used Steam api feature is getting server information such as players, map, name, location and version. Here is how to do it using DayZ mod as an example….
Example nested if else statement in PHP
Nested PHP if and if else statements can be confusing however if following the correct formatting and PHP basics they can be a very useful piece of code. In the…
Convert Unix time to now in PHP
A Unix timestamp looks like 1514452438 if you wanted to output how long ago this was such as 4 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes and 15 seconds in PHP here…
Change background color based on variable with PHP
To change a webpage or html background based on what a PHP variable is, follow this guide: For practical purposes if a profile is online the PHP variable = 1…
Setting your timezone for your PHP server
Having the right timezone on your web server can be crucial to ensure cron jobs, tasks and time related conversions are done right. To change and set your PHP timezone…
Maths operators in PHP
Just like most languages you can use PHP to do Arithmetic equations like so: echo (10 / 2);//5 echo (10 + 2);//12 echo (10 * 2);//20 echo (10 – 2);//8…
Dont show errors in PHP
If you have ever been annoyed by errors in PHP and your web app or script still works add the following at the top of your PHP page to make…
PHP include, include_once, require and require_once
PHP include, include_once, require and require_once are all different ways to make a file load within another, they each do roughly the same thing but what are the differences and…
Simple currency convert with API PHP
A free way to get currency conversion rates within in an api callback is api.fixer.io https://api.fixer.io/latest?base=USD Returns {“base”:”USD”,”date”:”2017-11-20″,”rates”:{“AUD”:1.3235,”BGN”:1.6601,”BRL”:3.2585,”CAD”:1.2788,”CHF”:0.99109,”CNY”:6.634,”CZK”:21.703,”DKK”:6.3164,”GBP”:0.75494,”HKD”:7.8122,”HRK”:6.4212,”HUF”:265.21,”IDR”:13524.0,”ILS”:3.5139,”INR”:65.103,”JPY”:112.13,”KRW”:1095.9,”MXN”:18.97,”MYR”:4.1481,”NOK”:8.2589,”NZD”:1.4636,”PHP”:50.727,”PLN”:3.5915,”RON”:3.9482,”RUB”:59.542,”SEK”:8.453,”SGD”:1.3557,”THB”:32.77,”TRY”:3.9225,”ZAR”:14.055,”EUR”:0.84882}} Now its about simply using a json decode inside a function that…