Generating PDFs (Certificates,...)

Introduction

Curriculum includes some global "helper" PHP functions.

Available Methods

format_select_input($input)

helper function for selects. If input is an array, it returns the first value of array else it returns the input.

getImmediateChildrenByTagName(DOMElement $element, $tagName)

Traverse an elements children and collect those nodes that have the tagname specified in $tagName. Non-recursive

relativeToAbsolutePaths($string)

Convert relative filepaths to absolute paths.

str_singular()

translate to Str::singular

starts_with()

translate to Str::startsWith()

ends_with()

translate to Str::endsWith()

camel_case()

translate to Str::camel()

str_limit()

translato to Str::limit()

str_contains()

translate to Str::contains()

is_dir_empty($directory)

Check if $directory is empty.
Returns true if empty, null if $directory not exists.

find_all_files($directory)

Returns array of files found in $directory.

now_online()

Returns the number of users who were online now.

today_online()

Returns the number of users who were online today.

is_admin()

Returns true if user has admin role.

is_creator()

Returns true if user has creator role.

is_schooladmin()

Returns true if user has schooladmin role.

is_teacher()

Returns true if user has teacher role.

checkForEmbededMedia($model, $field = 'description')

Searches for media-sources in the description of given model.
Also sets subscription for every media found.

str_replace_special_chars($string)

Replaces language specific characters with A-Z/a-z equivalent and special characters with an empty string.
Returns string with replaced characters.