PHP Paypal IPN Script
Simple script for posting a valid response back to Paypal service after a sale is completed using the Paypal Instant Checkout payment method.
<?php
// read the post from PayPal system and add 'cmd'
$req = 'cmd=_notify-validate';
foreach ($_POST as $k...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Highlight String in PHP
Function for highlighting text/strings in PHP.
$content = file_get_contents("http://php.net/");
print highlight("PHP", $content);
function highlight($match, $string){
return str_ireplace($match, "<span style='background:yellow'>$match</span&...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How To Pipe To A Ruby Command Line Application
You need to read from STDIN rather than parse command line arguments.
while $stdin.gets
puts $_
end
Written by Sean Behan on 10/17/2013
Backup and Rotate MySQL Databases Simple Bash Script
Make a directory ( it can anywhere ) called baks/mysql
mkdir -p /baks/mysql
Create a file (it can be anywhere) called /root/mysql_backups.sh and put this script in it
#!/bin/bash
# modify the following to suit your environment
export DB...
Written by Sean Behan on 05/16/2017
the simple things with git
Git can track the file permissions on your source. This can be good, but for small projects on a webserver where permissions change from time to time, and permissions on development app don't match or matter anyway, it's often easier to just skip this che...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
