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(jQuery) iPad/iPhone Orientation Body Class

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:33:05 GMT

This function will detect the orientation (portrait/landscape) of an iOS device and set the body class to either portrait or landscape, as well as providing a global variable for use elsewhere in your JS. If you require multiple classes on your body tag, simply alter the code to use jQuery's addClass() and removeClass() functions.

(PHP) Calculate Paypal Fee

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:11:30 GMT

This calculates the Paypal transaction fee for a supplied amount, and adds it to the final amount. We used this to charge the Paypal fee back to the user as a booking fee on ticket sales for an event. The function will spit out an array containing: *The Sub Total amount supplied as sub_total *The Paypal Fee applied as paypal_fee *The Grand Total, which is the two above added together, as grand_total You have the option of rounding the fee up to the nearest whole number, or charging the user the exact transaction fee, just supply a second parameter in the function call as true. The Paypal rates are set as variables inside the function itself, it's up to you to check what they are for your country and set them accordingly.

(PHP) Year List Select Box

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:15:51 GMT

Generates an options list of years for a select box, going from current year backwards through the number of years specified in the first variable. Useful for birthday fields on signup forms. eg. 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 ... 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909 EDITED: Now includes option to set the initially selected value to a set number of years ago. Useful if your form is targetted at a certain age group. Will default to current year if set to '0'.

(PHP) Get Apache Version

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:57:42 GMT

Return just the Apache version number of your server, and operating system, from $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] Example: print ('Apache Version: ' . apacheversion()); will return something along the lines of... "Apache Version: 2.2.10 (Unix)"

(PHP) Single MySQL Result

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:42:08 GMT

Simple but useful function for getting a single piece of data from a database and placing it straight into a variable. Example: $variable = one_result("SELECT columnOne FROM table WHERE columnTwo=whatever"); This would insert the value of columnOne where columnTwo is 'whatever' into $variable