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Array functions Regex Syntax (POSIX) Date Formatting Regex funcs

array_diff(arr1, arr2...) ^ Start of a string Day ereg(pattn, str)
array_filter(arr, function) $ End of a string D Short textual day Fri split(pattn, str)
array_flip(arr) . Any single character ll Long textual day Friday ereg_replace(p, r, s)
array_intersect(arr1, arr2) (a|b) a or b d Day [leading zeros] 01 to 31 preg_grep(ptn, arr)
array_merge(arr1, arr2...) (...) Group selection jJ Day 1 to 31 preg_match(p, str)
array_pop(arr) [abc] Item in range (a or b or c) w Day of week * 0 to 6 preg_match_all(p,s,a)
array_push(arr, var1...) [^abc] Not in range (not a or b or c) z Day of year 0 to 365 preg_replace(p,r,s)
array_reverse(arr) \s White space S Ordinal Suffix st, nd, td, th preg_split(ptn, str)
array_search(needle, arr) a? Zero or one of a N ISO-8601 numeric 1 (Mon) - 7
array_walk(arr, function) a* Zero or more of a (Sunday) Strings
count(arr) a+ One or more of a Week
in_array(needle, arr) a{3} Exactly 3 of a W Week of year ** 1 to 53 Hashing
a{3,} 3 or more of a crypt(str, [salt])
a{3,6} Between 3 or 6 of a md5(str, [raw])
Date + Time Month
\ Escape character sha1(str, [raw])
F Long textual month January
checkdate(m, d, y) [:punct:] Any punctuation symbol Manipulation
M Short textual month Jan
date(format, timestamp) [:space:] Any space character explode(sep, str)
m Month [leading zeros] 01 to 12
getdate(timestamp) [:blank:] Space or tab implode(glue, str)
n Month 1 to 12
mktime (h, min, s, m, d, yr) t No. days in current month 28 to 31 nl2br(str)
strftime(format, tmstmp) PCRE Modifiers sprintf(format)
strtotime(str) Year strip_tags(str)
i Case-insensitive
time() Y 4 digit year 2008 str_replace(n, r, str)
s Period matches new line
y strrev(str)
m ^ and $ match lines 2 digit year 08
strtolower(str)
Filesystem U Ungreedy matching L Leap year 1 or 0
strtoupper(str)
e Evaluate replacement o ISO-8601 year number 2008
clearstatscache() substr(str, start, len)
copy(source, destination) x Pattern over several lines Search
Time
fclose(handle) h 12 Hour [leading zeros] 01 to 12 strstr(str, needle)
fgets(handle, length) Useful Global variables g 12 Hour 1 to 12 strpos(str, needle)
file(file) H 24 Hour [leading zeros] 00 to 23
filemtime(file) $_SERVER[’DOCUMENT_ROOT’] G 24 Hour 0 to 23 Mathematics
filesize(file) $_SERVER[’REQUEST_METHOD’] i i Minutes [leading zeros] 00 to 59 bindec(binary_str)
file_exists(file) $_SERVER[’REQUEST_TIME’] s Seconds [leading zeros] 00 to 59 decbin(number)
file_get_contents(file) $_SERVER[’QUERY_STRING’] aa 12-hour period am or pm dechex(number)
fopen(file, mode) $_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’] A Uppercase 12-hour period AM or PM
decoct(number)
fread(handle, length) $_SERVER[’HTTP_USER_AGENT’] B Swatch Internet Time 000 to 999
s Microseconds 54321 deg2rad(number)
fwrite(handle, str) $_SERVER[’REMOTE_ADDR’]
exp(arg)
readfile(file) $_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’]
Timezone floor(value)
T hexdec(hex_str)
Timezone of machine GMT
fopen() MODES Z Timezone offset [seconds] mt_rand(min, max)
Shell -43200 - 50400
octdec(octal_str)
r Read O Difference to GMT [hours] +0200
escapeshellcmd(cmnd) r+ Read and write, prepend I Daylight savings 1 or 0
exec(command) w Globals
Write, truncate U No. Seconds since Epoch *** 1218055418
shell_exec(command)
w+ Read and write, truncate c ISO 8601 date [PHP 5]
system(command) $_SERVER
a Write, append 2008-10-08T15:19:21+00:00 $_GET
a+ Read and write, append r RFC 2822 formatted date $_POST
Session
Wed, 14 Sept 2008 16:01:07 +0200 $_FILES
session_destroy() Comparison Operators $_REQUEST
session_id() * date(”w”): 0 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday. $_SESSION
!= Not equal
session_start() $_COOKIE
== Equal ** Week that overlaps 2 years belongs to year
session_regenerate_id() $_ENV
=== Identical that contains most days of that week. So week
session_unset()
!== Not Identical number for 1st January of a given year can
>= More than or equal return 53rd week if week belongs to previous
Miscellaneous <= Less than or equal year. date(”W”, mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 8, $year))
set_time_limit(seconds) > More than returns correct number of weeks in $year
ini_set(setting, value) < Less than
*** The Epoch was the 1st January 1970.

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