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echo-json-and-die.php

A convienient helper function for outputting human readable JSON responses.

function echo_json_and_die($data, $status_code)
{
	http_response_code($status_code);
	echo json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
	die();
}

echo_json_and_die
([
	'status' => 'error',
	'text_message' => 'Could not find that resource.',
	'html_message' => '<p class="error-message">Could not find that resource.</p>',
], 404);

finish-execution-in-background.php

Continue processing a request after sending back a response and closing the connection.

function close_connection_but_continue_processing($output)
{
    if (function_exists('fastcgi_finish_request'))
    {
        echo $output;
        ignore_user_abort(true); //https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68772
        fastcgi_finish_request();
    }
    
    else
    {
        ob_start();
        echo (empty($output) ? ' ' : $output); //Quirk: At least one character must be outputted for the connection to be closed
        header('Content-Length: ' . ob_get_length());
        header('Connection: close');
        ob_end_flush();
        ob_flush();
        flush();
        session_write_close();
    }
}

close_connection_but_continue_processing('Your request has been received and will now be processed.');
do_long_task();

str-contains-any.php

Check whether the given haystack string contains any of the given needle strings.

function str_contains_any($haystack, $needles, $case_sensitive)
{
    foreach ($needles as $needle)
    {
        if (str_contains($haystack, $needle) || (($case_sensitive === false) && str_contains(strtolower($haystack), strtolower($needle))))
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    
    return false;
}

$haystack = 'This is a load of shizzle';
$needles = ['fudge', 'shizzle'];
$match_found = str_contains_any($haystack, $needles, true); //true