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<?php
	
function reverseString($string){
	
	//Is this method being recurrsively called, i.e. do we still have part of the string being passed to the function to be reversed?
	if(strlen($string)>1){
		/*
		* Return the last letter of the string, and append via calling this method again recursively (passing the remainder of the un-reversed string) 
		* to continue reversing the remainder of the string
		*/

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#Laravel 5 Simple ACL manager

Protect your routes with user roles. Simply add a 'role_id' to the User model, install the roles table and seed if you need some example roles to get going.

If the user has a 'Root' role, then they can perform any actions.

Installation

Simply copy the files across into the appropriate directories, and register the middleware in App\Http\Kernel.php

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<?php

    $balanceA=array(
        "USD" => 10000,
        "GBP" => 20000
    );
    $balanceB=array(
        "USD" => 10000,
        "GBP" => 20000,
        "JPY" => 100

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Fix a malformed SQLite database

From time to time, when running integration tests you'll notice that tests that worked previously have stopped working. Trying to modify the schema of an SQLite database is throwing an error. The dreaded:

Error (11) malformed database

Fortunately, there's quite an easy fix. Simply head to the command line, and use the following commands:

sqlite3 yourdatabase.sqlite

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Chart Download

How to download technical analysing charts of a stock, index or currency exchange.

Start http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/z?

ID

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<?php

return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()
    ->setRiskyAllowed(true)
    ->setRules([
        '@Symfony' => true,
        '@Symfony:risky' => true,
        'array_syntax' => ['syntax' => 'short'],
        'combine_consecutive_unsets' => true,

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<?php

$factory->define(App\User::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
    static $password;

    return [
        'name' => $faker->name,
        'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
        'password' => $password ?: $password = bcrypt('secret'),
        'remember_token' => str_random(10),

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<?php

// Instead of using the following code
$builder = User::with('somerelationship');

if ($request->has('order_by')) {
  $builder->orderBy($request->input('order_by'));
}

$users = $builder->get();

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<?php

try($attempts = 1, $wait = 0) {
  // Try $attempts times to do something, waiting $wait milliseconds between trys 
  // Within the try block scope, we have access to the $attempts and $wait arguments
  $this->log('Doing something important attempt: ' . $attempt);
}
catch (Exception $e) {
  // Do something
}

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<?php

MyController extends Controller
{
  public function store(Request $request)
  {
    $interaction = Interaction::create($this->pick((new Interaction)->getFillable(), $request);
  }
  
  /**