PHP Scripts

Here's a selection of PHP scripts and tools for adding functionality to websites. They can be used as-is or for inspiration and are open source under either the GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) or the MIT License (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) as stated in the script.

Disclaimer: none of the scripts or tools are guaranteed to be error free and are used at your own responsibility and I do not provide support but feedback is welcome.

Remember the manual at PHP.net and invaluable sites like StackOverflow.com and W3Schools.com.

The nice list icons are thanks to Icons8.com.

Tools and Tips

• ASCII Table - ASCII table and extended character set outlining differences between Windows-1252 (CP-1252), UTF-8, ISO-8859-1.
• .htaccess + .htpasswd - Encrypt passwords for use with .htaccess and .htpasswd on this page and learn how to implement basic password protection.
• Random String Generator - Generate a pseudo random string on this page and see the PHP source code.
• Calculate SHA-256 Hash - Calculate the SHA-256 hash of given input data.
• User Info - Examples of how to get info about website users in PHP. Also an example of getting geo location data.

PHP Scripts

• Contact Form - Contact form with captcha enabling users to contact you without disclosing your email address publicly.
• File List - Read and list subdirectories and files in a directory nicely with links for navigation (like an Apache server directory listing).
• Hit and Online Counter - Hit and online counter using MySQL for counting the number of users visiting your website so you can brag about it.
• Search Engine - Search functionality for unindexed websites. Search for pattern matches in filenames and content down through a folder structure.
• SlideView - Image Slideshow - Read all images in a directory with PHP and make a nice JavaScript slideshow.