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HOW TO Install mcrypt for PHP on RedHat Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 6

Posted on June 4, 2014 by admin

This tutorial shows you how to install libmcrypt and the companion PHP module under RedHat Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 6. By default, RHEL and OL do not provide mcrypt or libmcrypt packages for the 6.x release. Subsequently, they don’t … Continue reading →

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HOW TO Use Multiple Filter Flags in PHP Filter Functions

Posted on January 9, 2014 by admin

Using multiple filter flags in PHP is easy, but the documentation does not explain it well. The Filter capabilities in PHP 5.3 and above are very powerful and save a ton of effort, but the passing of flags to various … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Create a random alpha-numeric string in PHP

Posted on January 2, 2014 by admin

Creating an alpha-numeric string in PHP is easy, but having a quick function you can call is better! This is very useful for things like password generators. To see how to do this in Python, check out this post: …howto-create-a-random-alpha-numeric-string-in-python … Continue reading →

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