ASP: Find the length of a string using len and lenB function

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my_string="Welcome to MySite.com"
Response.Write ( my_string )
Response.Write "Length of this string = " & len(my_string)
Response.Write "Number of bytes Required for this string = " & lenB(my_string)

The output of this will also show the number of bytes required. Here in this case it will print this:

Welcome to MySite.com

Length of this string = 21

Number of bytes Required for this string = 42

PHP: Expressions and Operators

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Arithmetic Operators:

+ Addition Add two values

- Subtraction Subtract the second value from the first

* Multiplication Multiply two values

/ Division Divide the first value by the second

% Modulus Divide the first value by the second and return only the remainder
(for example, 7 % 5 yields 2)

Comparison Operators:

= = Equal Checks for equal values

= = = Identical Checks for equal values and data types

! = Not Equal Checks for values not equal

! = = Not Identical Checks for values not equal or not the same data type

< Less than Checks for one value being less than the second

> Greater than Checks for one value being greater than the second

< = Less than or Equal to Checks for on value being less than or equal to the second

> = Greater than or Equal to Checks for on value being greater than or equal to the second

Logical Operators:

And Checks if two or more statements are true

&& Same as And

Or Checks if at least one of two statements is true

|| Same as Or

Xor Checks if only one of two statements is true

! Checks if a statement is not true

Increment and Decrement Operators:

++value Pre-Increment Adds 1 to the value before processing the expression which uses the value

–value Pre-Decrement Subtracts 1 from the value before processing the expression which uses the value

value++ Post-Increment Adds 1 to the value after processing the expression which uses the value

value– Post-Decrement Subtracts 1 from the value after processing the expression which uses the value

SQL Select leftmost or rightmost characters from rows of data

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SELECT left(item_num, 4) FROM flowers;

If item_num = 754861 then the output will be: 7548

SELECT right(item_num, 4) FROM flowers;

If item_num = 754861 then the output will be: 4861

eregi_replace() vs. ereg_replace()

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Code:

<?php

$s = “Coding PHP is fun.”;

print “ereg_replace(): ” .
ereg_replace(“CODING”, “Learning”, $s) . “<br>”;
print “eregi_replace(): ” .
eregi_replace(“CODING”, “Learning”, $s);

?>

Output:

ereg_replace(): Coding PHP is fun.
eregi_replace(): Learning PHP is fun.
Explanation:

eregi_replace() is case insensitive, while ereg_replace() is not.

HTML Special Characters

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&ndash; &#8211; en dash
&mdash; &#8212; em dash
¡ &iexcl; &#161; inverted exclamation
¿ &iquest; &#191; inverted question mark
" &quot; &#34; quotation mark
&ldquo; &#8220; left double curly quote
&rdquo; &#8221; right double curly quote
'   &#39; apostrophe (single quote)
&lsquo; &#8216; left single curly quote
&rsquo; &#8217; right single curly quote
«

»
&laquo;

&raquo;
&#171;

&#187;
guillemets
  &nbsp; &#160; non-breaking space
Symbols
& &amp; &#38; ampersand
¢ &cent; &#162; cent
© &copy; &#169; copyright
÷ &divide; &#247; divide
> &gt; &#62; greater than
< &lt; &#60; less than
µ &micro; &#181; micron
· &middot; &#183; middle dot
&para; &#182; pilcrow (paragraph sign)
± &plusmn; &#177; plus/minus
&euro; &#8364; Euro
£ &pound; &#163; British Pound Sterling
® &reg; &#174; registered
§ &sect; &#167; section
&trade; &#153; trademark
¥ &yen; &#165; Japanese Yen
Diacritics
á

Á
&aacute;

&Aacute;
&#225;

&#193;
lower-case "a" with acute accent

upper-case "A" with acute accent
à

À
&agrave;

&Agrave;
&#224;

&#192;
lower-case "a" with grave accent

upper-case "A" with grave accent
â

Â
&acirc;

&Acirc;
&#226;

&#194;
lower-case "a" with circumflex

upper-case "A" with circumflex
å

Å
&aring;

&Aring;
&#229;

&#197;
lower-case "a" with ring

upper-case "A" with ring
ã

Ã
&atilde;

&Atilde;
&#227;

&#195;
lower-case "a" with tilde

upper-case "A" with tilde
ä

Ä
&auml;

&Auml;
&#228;

&#196;
lower-case "a" with diaeresis/umlaut

upper-case "A" with diaeresis/umlaut
æ

Æ
&aelig;

&AElig;
&#230;

&#198;
lower-case "ae" ligature

upper-case "AE" ligature
ç

Ç
&ccedil;

&Ccedil;
&#231;

&#199;
lower-case "c" with cedilla

upper-case "C" with cedilla
é

É
&eacute;

&Eacute;
&#233;

&#201;
lower-case "e" with acute accent

upper-case "E" with acute accent
è

È
&egrave;

&Egrave;
&#232;

&#200;
lower-case "e" with grave accent

upper-case "E" with grave accent
ê

Ê
&ecirc;

&Ecirc;
&#234;

&#202;
lower-case "e" with circumflex

upper-case "E" with circumflex
ë

Ë
&euml;

&Euml;
&#235;

&#203;
lower-case "e" with diaeresis/umlaut

upper-case "E" with diaeresis/umlaut
í

Í
&iacute;

&Iacute;
&#237;

&#205;
lower-case "i" with acute accent

upper-case "I" with acute accent
ì

Ì
&igrave;

&Igrave;
&#236;

&#204;
lower-case "i" with grave accent

upper-case "I" with grave accent
î

Î
&icirc;

&Icirc;
&#238;

&#206;
lower-case "i" with circumflex

upper-case "I" with circumflex
ï

Ï
&iuml;

&Iuml;
&#239;

&#207;
lower-case "i" with diaeresis/umlaut

upper-case "I" with diaeresis/umlaut
ñ

Ñ
&ntilde;

&Ntilde;
&#241;

&#209;
lower-case "n" with tilde

upper-case "N" with tilde
ó

Ó
&oacute;

&Oacute;
&#243;

&#211;
lower-case "o" with acute accent

upper-case "O" with acute accent
ò

Ò
&ograve;

&Ograve;
&#242;

&#210;
lower-case "o" with grave accent

upper-case "O" with grave accent
ô

Ô
&ocirc;

&Ocirc;
&#244;

&#212;
lower-case "o" with circumflex

upper-case "O" with circumflex
ø

Ø
&oslash;

&Oslash;
&#248;

&#216;
lower-case "o" with slash

upper-case "O" with slash
õ

Õ
&otilde;

&Otilde;
&#245;

&#213;
lower-case "o" with tilde

upper-case "O" with tilde
ö

Ö
&ouml;

&Ouml;
&#246;

&#214;
lower-case "o" with diaeresis/umlaut

upper-case "O" with diaeresis/umlaut
ß &szlig; &#223; ess-tsett
ú

Ú
&uacute;

&Uacute;
&#250;

&#218;
lower-case "u" with acute accent

upper-case "U" with acute accent
ù

Ù
&ugrave;

&Ugrave;
&#249;

&#217;
lower-case "u" with grave accent

upper-case "U" with grave accent
û

Û
&ucirc;

&Ucirc;
&#251;

&#219;
lower-case "u" with circumflex

upper-case "U" with circumflex
ü

Ü
&uuml;

&Uuml;
&#252;

&#220;
lower-case "u" with diaeresis/umlaut

upper-case "U" with diaeresis/umlaut
ÿ &yuml; &#255; lower-case "y" with diaeresis/umlaut
´

`
  &#180;

&#96;
acute accent with no letter

grave accent/reversed apostrophe with no letter

Formatting money / currency using PHP

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$formatted = number_format($number,2);

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