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Global Functions
varDump()
formatDate()
formatDateTime()
formatDuration()
formatTimeLeft()
formatNumber()
dbDate()
dbDateTime()
convertCurrency()
formatCurrency()
makeHTMLValidName()
makeHTTPRequest()
println()
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Global Functions

The following functions can be called within HTML using [? funcname() ?] and from within PHP global scope. Most PHP functions are also available.
varDump()
Dumps / outputs the contents of a variable.

This function is used for debugging or to determine the contents of a variable.

If you have a data repeater that iterates over posts, you can show the contents the post via: [? varDump($post) ?]
Parameters
mixed
$mixedVariable Variable
string formatDate()
Reformats a date stamp to be human readable

[? formatDate($post['post_date']) ?]
Parameters
string|int
$strTime
string|null
$strDateFormat A custom date format to use. Default is '%d %b %Y'. Reference of format string is at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
bool
$bNoRelative
Return
string
string formatDateTime()
Reformats a datetime stamp to be human readable

[? formatDateTime($post['post_date']) ?]
Parameters
string|int
$strTime The time to format. Can be a timestamp or a string time. Should be in UTC.
bool
$bSeparateWithBR Separate the date and time with a <br>.
string|null
$strDateFormat A custom date format to use. Default is '%d %b %Y'. Reference of format string is at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
string|null
$strTimeFormat A custom time format to use. Default is '%l:%M%p'. Reference of format string is at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
bool
$bNoTZ If true, don't convert to local time.
bool
$bNoRelative If true, don't show 'Today', 'Yesterday' for relative times
Return
string
string formatDuration()
Format the difference between two times, displaying as a number of hours, minutes and days as required. Parameters are assumed to be timestamps if integers, or assumed to be strtotime() compatable date strings.
Parameters
int|string
$mixedFrom
int|string|null
$mixedTo
Return
string
string formatTimeLeft()
Formats the number of time left in seconds

Eg - supplying 3600 will return '1 hour'.
Parameters
int
$iDifference Number
bool
$bShowSmaller
Return
string Number with commas every third digit
string formatNumber()
Formats a number with commas

[? formatNumber(1000, 2) ?] outputs 1,000.00
Parameters
int
$iNumber Number
Return
string Number with commas every third digit
string dbDate()
Formats date for queries
Parameters
string|int
$strDate
Return
string Date
string dbDateTime()
Formats datetime for queries
Parameters
string|int
$strDateTime UTC date
Return
string Date
float|null convertCurrency()
This function simply converts a price from one currency to another.

[? convertCurrency(100, 'AUD', 'USD') ?]
Parameters
float
$fPrice
string
$strCurrencyId
string
$strCurrencyConvertId
Return
float|null
string formatCurrency()
Returns a formatted currency

Where the system currency is AUD and we just want to show the price [?? formatCurrency(15) ??] would simply render "$15.00 AUD"

Where system currency is AUD, and we want to show Approx.
NZD amount converts from AUD to NZD. [?? formatCurrency(15, null, 'NZD') ??] would render "Approx. $19.25 NZD"

Where system currency is AUD, and we want to show Approx. NZD amount when the amount is in EUR
Converts from EUR to AUD, then AUD to NZD [?? formatCurrency(15, 'EUR', 'NZD') ??] would render "Approx. $35.26 NZD "

Where system currency is AUD, and we want to display NZD amount
No conversion, just rendering. [?? formatCurrency(15, 'NZD') ??] would render "$15.00 NZD"
Parameters
float
$fPrice The price to be rendered
string|null
$strCurrencyId The currency code of $fPrice
string|null
$strCurrencyConvertId The currency code to convert to
bool
$bDisplayCurrencyId Whether to display the currency label - e.g. AUD
bool
$bDisplaySymbol Whether to display the currency sign - e.g. $
Return
string
string makeHTMLValidName()
Constructs a valid HTML identifier for use in id="" and name="" attributes.

- Characters that are not alphanumeric are changed to underscores. - If the name starts with a number, and underscore will be prefixed to the name.
Parameters
string
$strName Potential HTML identifier
Return
string Valid HTML identifier
string|false makeHTTPRequest()
Make a HTTP request

This function can be used from within a PHP function to fetch data.

$str = makeHTTPRequest('https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=' . htmlspecialchars($strQuery)); if ($str) { $arr = json_decode($str, true); }
Parameters
string
$strURL URL to request
array|null
$arrGET Query string parameters
array|null
$arrPOST POST body
array|null
$arrHeaders HTTP headers
array|null
$arrOtherOpts cURL opts
cURL|null
$pCurl Curl reference
Return
string|false Response body
println()
Prints text with a suffixed line break to the client
Parameters
string
$str Line