Read Line Breaks in Post

To read line breaks (\n) to post, use:

nl2br($result['message']);

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From my codix.

Styling Input Boxes

This is a CSS3 feature. Therefore, no IE6.

To style a text input box:

input[type=text] {
[insert code here]
}

To style a submit button:

input[type=submit] {
[insert code here]
}

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From my codix.

First Letter of a Paragraph

To style a first letter of a paragraph:

p:first-letter {
[insert code here]
}

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From my codix.

Image Within Boxes

To attain something like that above using Adobe Illustrator, here’s what you should do:

1. Path Finder
2. Shape Modules > Add
3. Clipping Mask

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From my notebook back in DTW.

Auto Hyperlink

Honestly, I don’t get all the\\ and the //.function auto_hyperlink($hyperlink) {
$href_link = eregi_replace("([[:alnum:]]+)://([^[:space:]]*)([[:alnum:]#?/&=])", "<a href=\"\\1://\\2\\3\">\\1://\\2\\3</a>", $hyperlink);
$mailto_link = eregi_replace("(([a-z0-9_]|\\-|\\.)+@([^[:space:]]*)([[:alnum:]-]))", "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>", $href_link);
return($mailto_link);
}
$true_msg = auto_hyperlink($true_msg);

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From my codix.

Truncates Sentences

This code truncates a paragraph to specified sentences:

$entry = "This is the first sentence. And the second sentence. The third sentence. And the fourth.";
$sentence = preg_split("/[\.\!\?]/", $entry);
for($i=0; $i<count($sentence);>
echo("$sentence[$i]<br />\n");
}</count($sentence);>

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From my codix.

Readable Date

To make dates from whatever format to human readable format:

$readable_date = date("F d, Y", strtotime($news['news_date']));
echo $readable_date;

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From my codix.

Opera Padding Hack

According to the magazine I read, Opera has default paddings. To remove them, use these so-called hacks.

For the body:

body {
padding:0;
}

For the ordered and unordered lists:

li, ol, ul {
padding:0;
}

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From my codix.