PHP-Convert any HTML file into PDF

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Function to Convert any HTML file into PDF
Can save into a pdf file on server, or stream to the user's browser
If you want to stream to the browser: $objClass->fnURL2PDF("http://www.yahoo.com", "pdf.pdf");
If you want to save on the server: $objClass->fnURL2PDF("http://www.yahoo.com", "", "../folder/filename.pdf");
Usage: $objClass->fnURL2PDF("http://www.yahoo.com", "pdf.pdf"); Default is USA
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function fnURL2PDF($varURL, $varFileName = "pdf.pdf", $varSavePath = "")
{
$varSocket = fsockopen("www.easysw.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 1000);
if (!$varSocket) die("$errstr ($errno)\n");

fwrite($varSocket, "GET /htmldoc/pdf-o-matic.php?URL=" . $varURL . "&FORMAT=.pdf HTTP/1.0\r\n");
fwrite($varSocket, "Host: www.easysw.com\r\n");
fwrite($varSocket, "Referer: http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/pdf-o-matic.php\r\n");
fwrite($varSocket, "\r\n");

$varHeaders = "";
while ($varStr = trim(fgets($varSocket, 4096)))
$varHeaders .= "$varStr\n";

$varBody = "";
while (!feof($varSocket))
$varBody .= fgets($varSocket, 4096);

if ($varSavePath != '')
{
// Save the File
$varFileHandle = @fopen($varSavePath,'w');
$varBytes = @fwrite($varFileHandle, $varBody);
}
else
{
//Download file
if(isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) and strpos($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],'MSIE'))
Header('Content-Type: application/force-download');
else
Header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
if(headers_sent())
die('Some data has already been output to browser, can\'t send PDF file');
Header('Content-Length: '.strlen($varBody));
Header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$varFileName);
echo $varBody;
}
return(true);
}


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PHP-Get a Value from XML Settings file

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Function to Get a Value from XML Settings file provided as a second argument
Default is ../main/settings.xml: standard for all of our current projects
Usage: $objClass->fnGetProperty("SiteURL", "settings.xml");
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function fnGetProperty($varPropName, $varXMLFile = '../main/settings.xml')
{
$objXML = new clsXML($varXMLFile);
$varValue = $objXML->evaluate("//" . $varPropName);
$varRetValue = $objXML->get_content($varValue[0]);
$objXML = NULL;
return($varRetValue);
}

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PHP-Generate Random Password

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Function to Generate Random Password of length n, Default = 6 characters
Usage: $objClass->fnRandomPasswordGenerator(16);
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function fnRandomPasswordGenerator($length = 6)
{
$pass = '';
$new = '';

// all the chars we want to use
$all = explode(" ",
"a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "
."A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z "
."0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9");

for($i=0; $i < $length; $i++)
{
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$pass .= $all[rand(0,61)];
$arr[] = $all[rand(0,61)];
$new .= $arr[$i];
}

return $new;
}

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PHP- File Attachment

$fileatt = "file.txt"; // Path to the file
$fileatt_type = "application/octet-stream"; // File Type
$fileatt_name = "Report"; // Filename that will be used for the file as the attachment

$email_from = "test@hotmail.com"; // Who the email is from
$email_subject = "attachment"; // The Subject of the email
$email_txt = "attachment"; // Message that the email has in it

$email_to = "test@hotmail.com"; // Who the email is too

$headers = "From: ".$email_from;

$file = fopen($fileatt,'rb');
$data = fread($file,filesize($fileatt));
fclose($file);

$semi_rand = md5(time());
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";

$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";

$email_message .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type:text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
$email_message . "\n\n";

$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));

$email_message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: {$fileatt_type};\n" .
" name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
//"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" .
//" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data . "\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary}--\n";

$ok = @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

if($ok) {
echo "The file was successfully sent!";
} else {
die("Sorry but the email could not be sent. Please go back and try again!");
}
?>

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PHP- Calculate Elapsed time (in seconds!)

function calcElapsedTime($time)
{

$diff = time()-$time;
$yearsDiff = floor($diff/60/60/24/365);
$diff -= $yearsDiff*60*60*24*365;
$monthsDiff = floor($diff/60/60/24/30);
$diff -= $monthsDiff*60*60*24*30;
$weeksDiff = floor($diff/60/60/24/7);
$diff -= $weeksDiff*60*60*24*7;
$daysDiff = floor($diff/60/60/24);
$diff -= $daysDiff*60*60*24;
$hrsDiff = floor($diff/60/60);
$diff -= $hrsDiff*60*60;
$minsDiff = floor($diff/60);
$diff -= $minsDiff*60;
$secsDiff = $diff;
return (''.$yearsDiff.' year'.(($yearsDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").', '.$monthsDiff.' month'.(($monthsDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").', '.$weeksDiff.' week'.(($weeksDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").', '.$daysDiff.' day'.(($daysDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").', '.$hrsDiff.' hour'.(($hrsDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").', '.$minsDiff.' minute'.(($minsDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").', '.$secsDiff.' second'.(($secsDiff <> 1) ? "s" : "").'');
}

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PHP- Read contents of a text file

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# Function to Read contents of a text file
# Usage: $objClass->fnReadFromFile('filename.txt');# ############################################################################
function fnReadFromFile($sFileName)
{
$sReturn = '';
$fHandle = fopen($sFileName, "r");
while (!feof($fHandle))
$sReturn .= fread($fHandle, 4096);
fclose($fHandle);
return($sReturn);
}

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PHP-A Unique session id

function MakeSessionId() {
$day = date('d', time());
$month = date('m', time());
$year = date('Y', time());
$hour = date('H', time());
$min = date('i', time());
$sec = date('s', time());

return sprintf("%02d%04d%02d-%02d%02d%04d-%04d-%02d%04d", $sec, rand(0, 9999),
$hour, $month, $min, rand(0, 9999), rand(0, 9999), $day, $year);
}

?>

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