It parses the string into variables

Example

<?php
parse_str(“first=php&second=code”);
echo $first.$second;
?>

Output

phpcode

It return ASCII value of character

Example

<?php
echo “ASCII value of ‘a’ is “.ord(“a”);
?>

Output

ASCII value of ‘a’ is 97

It format a number with grouped thousands

Example

<?php
echo number_format(1233.56,2);
?>

Output

1,233.56

It inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string

Example

<?php
echo nl2br(“phpncode “);
?>

Output

php
code

It returns specific local information.

Windows platforms does not support this function

Example

<?php
echo nl_langinfo($element);
?>

It formats a number as a currency string

Example

<?php
echo money_format(1234.56,2);
?>

Output

1234.56

It calculate the metaphone key of a string

• A metaphone key represents how a string sounds if said by an English speaking person.
• The metaphone() function can be used for spelling applications.
• The metaphone() function creates the same key for similar sounding words.
• The generated metaphone keys vary in length.

Example

<?php
 echo metaphone("phpcode");
 ?>

Output

FPKT

It calculates the md5 hash of a string

Example

<?php
echo md5(“test”);
?>

Output

098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6

It calculates the md5 hash of a given file

Example

<?php
echo md5_file(“test.txt”);
?>

Output

be6f273c2ae6f2740e395f525bf8b645

It strips whitespace from the beginning of a string

Example

<?php
echo ltrim(” phpcode”);
?>

Output

phpcode