# php-useful, (*1)
A library of all commonly used PHP things., (*2)
Functions.php: has some most used functions, (*3)
EasyHeaders.php: has methods to easily set headers, (*4)
Curl.php: a wrapper for PHP ext-curl., (*5)
Installation
Use composer, (*6)
composer require pushkar/php-useful, (*7)
Or download the source and include mannualy, (*8)
Usage
When using composer require the autoload file at the start of the php script, (*9)
require_once __DIR__ . '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php';
Add the namespace, (*10)
use PhpUseful\Functions; // for using the Functions class
use PhpUseful\EasyHeaders; // for using the EasyHeader class
use PhpUseful\Curl; // for using the Curl class;
All the methods are static except in the Curl class so you can directly use them without creating the class object., (*11)
Functions class
Example usage, (*12)
$random_ str = Functions::randomString(int $length);
All the class methods are listed below., (*13)
static function randomString(int $length): string // returns a random string of given length
static function escapeInput(string $input): string // returns escaped string for the given input string
For using methods from Easy class, (*14)
EasyHeaders::not_found();
All the class methods are listed below., (*15)
/**
* Sends a 301 MOVED PERMANENTLY header.
*/
static function moved_permanently()
/**
* Sends a 302 FOUND header.
*/
static function found()
/**
* Sends a 400 BAD REQUEST header.
*/
static function bad_request()
/**
* Sends a 401 UNAUTHORIZED header.
*/
static function unauthorized()
/**
* Sends a 403 FORBIDDEN header.
*/
static function forbidden()
/**
* Sends a 404 NOT FOUND header.
*/
static function not_found()
/**
* Sends a 408 REQUEST TIMEOUT header.
*/
static function request_timeout()
/**
* Sends a 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR header.
*/
static function server_error()
/**
* Sends a 501 NOT IMPLEMENTED header.
*/
static function not_implemented()
/**
* Sends a 502 BAD GATEWAY header.
*/
static function bad_gateway()
/**
* Sends a 503 SERVICE UNAVAULABLE header.
*/
static function service_unavailable()
/**
* Sends a 504 GATEWAY TIMEOUT header.
*/
static function gateway_timeout()
/**
* Sends a 422 Unprocessable Entity header.
*/
static function unprocessable_entity()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: application/json header.
*/
static function json_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: application/pdf header.
*/
static function pdf_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: application/xml header.
*/
static function xml_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: application/force-download header.
*/
static function download_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: text-html header.
*/
static function html_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: text/css header.
*/
static function css_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: text/javascript header.
*/
static function js_header()
/**
* Sends a Content-Type: text/plain header.
*/
static function text_header()
Curl class
Example usage, (*16)
require_once __DIR__ . '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php';
use PhpUseful\Curl;
$curl = new Curl();
$curl->setUrl('http://example.com');
$curl->execute();
All methods, (*17)
//Required. sets the url for the curl request. Throws Exception on invalid url.
function setUrl(string $url)
// Set headers for the curl request
function setHeaders(array $headers)
// when set to true it return the result of the curl_exec() as a string instead of outputting it directly.
function setReturn(bool $bool)
// when set to true POST method is used for the curl request
function usePost(bool $bool)
// set data to be sent via POST. For this to work usePost() should be set to true
function setArrayPostData(array $data)
// set data to be sent via POST. For this to work usePost() should be set to true
function setStringPostData(string $data)
// set the port number which will be used for the request
function setPort(int $port)
// set the max number of redirects that this request will follow
function setMaxRedirects(int $max)
// set the timeout for this request (in seconds)
function setTimeout(int $timeout)
// set the username and password to be used for HTTP authentication
function setCredentials(string $username, string $password)
// set any valid CURL option in case a helper method isn't present
function setOption(int $option, mixed $value)
// Call this after setting all url, headers, method & data
function execute()
// return the headers sent for the curl request.
function getSentHeader()
// return the reponse. Will work only when setReturn() is set to true.
function getResult()
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