Code snippets

You will find here 4 code snippets I find useful so I don't have to Google ™ or Stackoverflow ™ them when I need. There are also code snippets I always forget! 😁 Sometimes, related links to the code will be available. The main difference with other random snippets you will find on the web is that in most cases (for the Symfony related ones) you will be able to run them directly from this website to check the output so you can verify it works as expected ™.

This snippet shows how to generate a random token for a mail confirmation link using PHP and Symfony. The final length of the gene...

PHP

Published on 2023-07-01 • Modified on 2023-07-01

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This snippet shows how to check if a string contains another string with PHP. This is a kind of tribute to our "old" PHP. The str...

PHP

Published on 2022-04-15 • Modified on 2022-04-15

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This snippet shows how to trim a word (or string) at the start of a string with PHP or Symfony. In the following example, we can't...

PHP

Published on 2022-03-05 • Modified on 2022-03-05

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In this snippet, we see how to extract the domain of an email with PHP. First, a solution with plain PHP, then with the Symfony st...

PHP

Published on 2022-01-27 • Modified on 2022-01-27

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