Real quick little function to get a random number using PHP. The variable $x will contain a random number between 1 and 100. It’s rand(min, max) if you don’t want to use 1 and 100 as your limits.

This function returns ‘win’ if running on a Windows server and ‘linux’ if not running on a Windows server. It should be pretty easy to extend it to match other server operating systems, but this is all I needed.

The following function will return TRUE if the server is running PHP in safe mode. It uses the function ini_get, which may be disabled. If ini_get is disabled then the function also returns TRUE since the assumption that any server … Continue reading →

Knowing what version of ImageMagick is usually important if you’re going to be shelling to it to perform tasks. For me it was the –sepia-tone option that was added in either 6.2.1 or 6.2.2. Prior to that, using that option … Continue reading →

One of the functions added in PHP 5 is file_get_contents. This function allows you to just pass a file name and it will return the entire contents of the file. That’s all well and good if you’re using PHP5, but … Continue reading →