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  • Calculating VAT, rounded to two decimal places

    Posted on February 19th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    When building e-commerce solutions for UK websites, sooner or later you’ll need to tackle the issue of VAT. This simple function gives you a solution to adding VAT onto individual item costs.

    No comments PHP
     PHP Decimal Places, E Commerce Solutions, Php Function, Tab Size, True Function, Value Added, Vat

  • Converting Web Colours to RGB

    Posted on February 14th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    Need to quickly convert Hexidecimal colour values to RGB, or indeed, vice versa? The function in this post does all the work for you!

    2 comments PHP
     PHP 000000, Advertising System, Array, Banner Designer, Colour Palette, Conversion, Elseif, Eregi, False Colour, Ffffff, Fly, Graphic Artwork, Graphic Packages, Hex Colours, Occasions, Palettes, Strlen, Tab Size, True Function, Web Colours

  • Cleaning website URLs

    Posted on February 11th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    A wee function for handling user-entered website addresses, and making them consistent for database storage.

    1 comment MySQL, PHP
     MySQL, PHP Inconsistency, Tab Size, Tap, Toolbox, True Function, Urls, Website Details, Website Url

  • Checking a file exists

    Posted on February 9th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    If you ever require the facility to check that a user has a file on their server, such as their configuration file, or some copyright text, this little PHP function makes the job of checking it exists a snap!

    No comments PHP
     PHP Configuration Files, Echo, Folders, Job, Php Function, Server Requirements, Tab Size, True Function

  • Adding self-updating copyright text to your footers

    Posted on February 8th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    A quick and simple function to automatically update your copyright text so that it’s always correct at the bottom of your pages.

    No comments PHP
     PHP Business Name, Copyright Statement, Copyright Text, Current, Footers, Html Tab, Php Function, Tab Size, True Function, Web Pages, Website Design

  • Remove hyperlinks, e-mails and telephone numbers from a string

    Posted on February 7th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    Ever needed to censor strings on your site, by removing hyperlinks, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers? This little PHP function should do the trick!

    1 comment PHP, Security
     PHP, Security Amp, E Mail Addresses, E Mail System, Fly, Internal Mail, Lt, Mail Address, Members, Msn, Options, Search And Replace, Search Strings, Security Systems, Tab Size, Telephone Numbers, True Function, Website Addresses, Za

  • Display a time-based greeting

    Posted on February 6th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    Ever wanted to throw up a greeting to your website visitors based on the time on day? Here’s an easy PHP function that does the trick.

    1 comment PHP, Usability
     PHP, Usability 24 Hour, Amp, Current Time, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Greeting, Job, Lt, Php Function, Tab Size, True Function, Zeros

  • Selected Radio Button Highlight

    Posted on February 5th, 2010, 5:28 pm by Graeme Attkins

    Part one of a multi-part series looking at making forms more accessible/usuable for ALL users, not just those with impairments. This post looks at how you can make it obvious which of a series of radio buttons has been selected.

    No comments Accessibility, CSS, Forms, Javascript, Usability
     Accessibility, CSS, Forms, Javascript, Usability Button Status, Choice Radio, Demo, Document Getelementbyid, Fool Proof, Highlight, Options, Paypal, Proof Of Concept, Radio Button, Radio Buttons, Tab Size, Text Document, True Function, Usability

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