Utilities

SmartAdmin PHP includes various utilities that are read-to-use in your everyday workflow. These utilities does not belong to any framework and they are straightforward.

Write easy

Below are the common functions that SmartAdmin PHP uses.

plog

Stands for print log. This handy function can almost "print" everything, well formatted too. Whenever you need to debug something or just output a simple array, this function is your friend.

plog(string $msg [, bool $newline = true, array $options = [], bool $return = false]);

Example

$my_data = [
    'foo' => 'bar',
    'test' => 'data'
];

plog($my_data);

Output

Array (
    [foo] => bar
    [test] => data
)

get

A simple yet powerful function that gets a value, of everything! This function will save you tons of time validating data by using something like isset.
get(string $field [, mixed $data = $_GET, mixed $default = null, array $possible_values = []])

Example

$data = [
    'key' => 1,
    'key_2' => 2
];

// returns $default, which is null
$value = get('key', $data); // returns 1

If $data is not provided, it uses the global $_GET variable as data source.

dt

A simple function that generates Date strings. Straightforward and easy to write.
dt(mixed $date [, string $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'])

Example

dt('now', 'm/d/Y'); // returns 07/01/2019

Other utils

Checkout lib/func.php to get the list of utilities used by SmartAdmin PHP.

Credits

Some of these functions are derived from lodev09/php-utils package created by @lodev09.