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$countries = array (
  'AF' => 
  array (
    'alpha2' => 'AF',
    'alpha3' => 'AFG',
    'full' => 'Afghanistan',
  ),
  'AL' => 
  array (
    'alpha2' => 'AL',

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# Needed built-in modules
import random

# Randomic names for "whatever"
class MyRandomName:
    """Class used to create randomized names based on syllables-ish lists
        Tested with Python 3.6
        See: https://pyfiddle.io/fiddle/ea12ddcc-d989-4d87-9a62-836aa1e4b624/?i=true
    """

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/**
 * Function takes a random string and returns an hex color in the 6-digits format
 *
 * @param string $input
 *
 * @return string
 */
function meow_str_to_hex_color($input) {
	//characters that we do not want into an hex color
	$replace = range('g', 'z');

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//to be used when you are not really sure about the outcome of a comparison, or when you get an "unexpected" result
$a = array( 'a', 0, '0', false, null, );
$b = $a;

foreach($a as $temp) {
    foreach($b as $meow) {
        echo var_export($temp, true) . ' == ' . var_export($meow, true) . ' : ' . var_export($temp == $meow, true);
        echo '<br>';
    }   
}

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/**
 * Function to remove duplicate items, using "key" as comparison (other keys are not considered)
 */
function ereUniques(arr, key) {
	var len = arr.length;
	var seen = [];
	var final = [];
	var finalCounter = 0;
	var i, innerItem;
	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {

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//make sure the function is not already there ;-)
if (!function_exists('ereg'))
{
    //@see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6270004/how-can-i-convert-ereg-expressions-to-preg-in-php
    //@see http://php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php
    //@see http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
    function ereg($pattern, $string, $matches = null)
    {
        //quote delimiters, if already present in the pattern (ereg does not have delimiters)
        $pattern = preg_quote($pattern, '~');

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<?php

//an array of countries indexed by their country code
//names do NOT contain special or accented chars
$countriesByCountryCode = array (
	'AF' => 'Afghanistan',
	'AX' => 'Aland Islands',
	'AL' => 'Albania',
	'DZ' => 'Algeria',
	'AS' => 'American Samoa',

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<?php
//we use double quotes to avoid having to escape the single quote within the city of L'Aquila
//accents are not html encoded: use UTF8 to ensure they will not be transformed to something strange
$provinces = array (
				'AG' => "Agrigento",
				'AL' => "Alessandria",
				'AN' => "Ancona",
				'AO' => "Aosta",
				'AR' => "Arezzo",
				'AP' => "Ascoli Piceno",