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at February 5, 2011 05:53 by zachharkey
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<?php /** * This function generates a fake number that starts small but gets * bigger as time goes by. (This is the gheyest function I ever wrote.) */ function generate_fake_count() { // Set starting time and date to date site was launched (unix timestamp). $start_time = 1296842335; // Get current time from server. $current_time = time(); // Subtract start_time from current_time to create our fake number. $fake_count = $current_time - $start_time; // Pad with a bunch of zeros. $fake_count = '0000000000' . $fake_count; // Reverse the string. $fake_count = strrev($fake_count); // Grab the first 8 characters. $fake_count = substr($fake_count, 0, 8); // Reverse the number back again. $fake_count = strrev($fake_count); // Return our new fake count return $fake_count; } ?>
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at February 5, 2011 05:48 by zachharkey
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<?php /** * Generates a fake number that starts small but gets bigger as time goes by. * (This is the gheyest function I ever wrote.) */ function generate_fake_count() { // Set starting time and date to date site was launched (unix timestamp). $start_time = 1296842335; // Get current time from server. $current_time = time(); // Subtract start_time from current_time to create our fake number. $fake_count = $current_time - $start_time; // Pad with a bunch of zeros. $fake_count = '0000000000' . $fake_count; // Reverse the string. $fake_count = strrev($fake_count); // Grab the first 8 characters. $fake_count = substr($fake_count, 0, 8); // Reverse the number back again. $fake_count = strrev($fake_count); // Return our new fake count return $fake_count; } ?>
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