Oct 15 • filter_var

Filters a variable with a specified filter

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Oct 12 • array_combine

Creates an array by using one array for keys and another for its values

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Oct 9 • str_word_count

Return information about words used in a string

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Sep 21 • compact

Create an array containing variables and their values

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Sep 11 • call_user_func_array

Call a user function given with an array of parameters

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Aug 27 • create_function

Creates an anonymous function and returns a unique name for it

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Aug 18 • microtime

Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds

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Aug 17 • libxml_get_errors

Retrieve array of libxml errors

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Aug 13 • array_count_values

Returns an array of counts for each value found in an array

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Aug 12 • getcwd

Gets the current working directory

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Aug 11 • file_put_contents

Write a string to a file

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Aug 10 • tmpfile

Creates a temporary file with a unique name in read-write mode and returns a file handle

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Jul 29 • curl_multi_init

Returns a new cURL multi handle, which allows the processing of multiple cURL handles in parallel

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Jul 20 • exec

Execute an external program

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Jul 16 • sha1_file

Calculate the sha1 hash of a file

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Jul 15 • mb_ereg

Regular expression match with multibyte support

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