Frequently Used Functions

array_frequent_functions.php

<?php

// used in simpledb return values from AWS SDK2 
function array_push_associative(&$arr) {
    $args = func_get_args();
    array_unshift($args); // remove &$arr argument
    foreach ($args as $arg) {
        if (is_array($arg)) {
            foreach ($arg as $key => $value) {
                $arr[$key] = $value;
                $ret++;
            }
        }
    }

    return $ret;
}

// Used in simpledb return values from AWS SDK3
function attrToArray($attr){
	$array = array();
	foreach ($attr as $key => $value) {
		if(empty($value['Value']) && $value['Value'] != '0'){
			$value_Value = '';
		}else{
			$value_Value = $value['Value'];
		}
		$array = $array + array($value['Name']=>$value_Value);
	}
	return $array;
}

// generate random CODE
function generateToken() {
    $length = 9;
    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
    $string = '';
    for ($p = 0; $p < $length; $p++) {
        $string .= $characters[mt_rand(0, strlen($characters))];
    }
    return $string;
}