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A script to calculate CPU usage

Verbiage on why you should not use mysql_* Thanks to teresko from Stack Overflow

An infographic on how to effectively utilize Google

A PHP video talking about references

A Gameboy Color emulator written in JS/HTML5

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<?php

// Displays all array indices and object properties
ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_children', -1);

// Displays all string data dumped
ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_data', -1);

// Controls nested level displayed, maximum is 1023
ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_depth', -1);

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<?php
$start = microtime(true);
for($i = 0; $i < 10000000; $i++) {
    if(2 === 0) {} else if(2 === 1) {} else {}
}
$end = microtime(true);
echo "else if: ".($end - $start)."<br />";
unset($start, $end);

$start = microtime(true);

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<?php
if (false === true)
{}
else if (true === false)
{}
else
{}
?>

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Windows 8 Tablet Strategy is Flawed

This is why I think Microsoft's tablet strategy with Windows 8, one OS to handle both mouse based and finger based input, is flawed and that Microsoft doesn't really "get" touch.

In case you've been kept out of the loop, Microsoft introduced a new keyboard and mouse that are designed to work well with tablets. Arguably the keyboard is a useful addition. Typing on a touch screen simply is not as efficient as the traditional physical keyboard. But the very need to create and market a mouse for a device designed to accept finger touch input is a sign of a flawed strategy.

You see, if you could perform your most basic tasks completely using touch then this isn't nearly that big a deal. But, [when Windows 8 dumps you into a desktop interface for various routine tasks](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/does-windows-8-succeed-as-a-true-tablet-operat

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My story of Alabama football

I was born to the parents of SEC fans and, although I didn't move to the state of Alabama until 1992, Alabama football had been ingrained in me. From pictures of a baby me in a Bama bib or all the stories of Alabama football and the Bear, I was saying 'Roll Tide Roll' way before I actually lived in the state. SEC fans might notice that 1992 was a year that Alabama won an SEC and National Championship. Unfortunately it appears as if I was a harbinger of doom for Alabama football.

The 1993 year of Alabama football was the beginning of the end for the program. Once I entered the state Alabama football's program spiraled, truly hitting rock bottom. Auburn's current state of affairs is just the beginning of what the Alabama program endured. NCAA sanctions soon started rolling in and the slip down had begun. After a few reasonably successful seasons after the '92 Championship Mike DuBose came on board. Only more sanctions came against the program and we suffered one of the

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<?php

function convertInsertIntoToArray($sql) {
    $text = \explode(\PHP_EOL, $sql);
    $data = array();
    if (!empty($text)) {
        $firstLine = \preg_replace('/\s+$/', '', $text[0]);
        if ($firstLine === 'INSERT INTO') {
            if (\preg_match('/\(.+\)/', $text[1], $cols)) {
                $cols = \explode(',', \preg_replace('/\(|\)|\s|\`/', '', $cols[0]));

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What is 'cv-ring', 'cv-pls' and 'delv-pls'

In the Stack Overflow PHP chat you may notice the regulars using tags like cv-pls, cv-ring and delv-pls. These tags are used only in the chat room to communicate with other users that a question or answer may need more votes to be closed or deleted. The PHP tag has a lot of inferior quality and duplicative information on Stack Overflow. We feel that inferior quality questions bring down the site and make it harder to find good information, particularly about PHP. By closing and merging these questions as appropriate you'll find the information you need quicker.

• cv-ring is just a 'funny name' we give to the group of regulars who use the tags
• cv-pls is an in-chat tag that communicates "Hey, this question may be of inferior quality. Check it out and, if you feel appropriate, cast a close vote."
• delv-pls is an in-chat tag that communicates "Hey, this question has alr

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<?php

abstract class AsyncTestCase extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
    public function runTest() {
        Loop::run(function() {
            $watcherId = Loop::delay(1500, function() {
                Loop::stop();
                $this->fail('The asynchronous test was expected to finish before the 1500 millisecond time limit');
            });