PHP Array and Compressing Data

Following example shows that use of an array to sort records in ascending and descending order using PHP program.

<?php
$arr = array('Apple', 'Zensor', 'MITIndia');
echo "<br><b>Without sorted values are..</b><br>";

echo $arr[0], "<br>";
echo $arr[1], "<br>";
echo $arr[2], "<br>";

echo "<br><b>Sorted values are..</b><br>";
sort($arr);
$len=count($arr);
for($i=0; $i<$len; $i++)
{
echo $arr[$i], "<br>";
}

echo "<br><b>Reverse sorted values are..</b><br>";
rsort($arr);
$len=count($arr);
for($i=0; $i<$len; $i++)
{
echo $arr[$i], "<br>";
}
?>

Out put of the above program is… (function sort() to use display records in ascending and function rsort() to display in descending order.)

PHP Program to compress the data / text.

<?php
echo "<h1> Compress character with PHP </h1>";
echo "<hr>";
$str="Hello World Hello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello 

WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello 

WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello 

WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello 

WorldHello WorldHello WorldHello World";
 
$compressed = gzcompress($str);
echo "Original file length: ". strlen($str)."\n";
echo "Compressed size: ". strlen($compressed)."\n";
?>

Output of the above program is…

PHP Program to display server date and time.

<?php
echo "Today date :", date("m/d/y");
echo "<br>The time is " . date("h:i:sA");
echo "<br>";
echo date('d-m-Y H:i');
echo "<br>";
?>

[m=month, d=day, y=year, h=hours, i=minutes, s=seconds  and A=ante meridiem]   Output of the above program is…