PHP Tips and Tricks

Remove leading zero '0030' => '30' :

$var = '0030';
$num =  (int)$var;

Execute external program : source

Exec($runCommand)->StdOut->ReadAll;
echo "
$output
";
?>

Other script for executing external program link1 link2

Get basepath : source

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  }
  else //windowz
  {
    $WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
    $oExec = $WshShell->Run($runCommand, 7, false);
  }
?>