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It's pretty simple, and it can be very helpfull when for some reason you need to do a conditional display on an output from a function, but for legacy/compatibility reasons you can't modify that function.

1. <?php
2.     ob_start();
3.     echo 'I like cookies';
4.     $myStr = ob_get_contents();
5.     ob_end_clean();
6. ?>

If for some reason you've forgot your admin password and because of a faulty update the email you receive with the password reset is bad you can do the following sql command

1. UPDATE employee SET passwd = md5("COOKIE_KEYpassword_here”) WHERE email = “email_for_who_you_want_to_change_the_password”;

You can find the COOKIE_KEY in config/settings.inc.php

Remember that the password must be greater than 8 characters in length and that it has to be put without spaces to the right of the COOKIE_KEY value.

I needed this snippet of code in a block to show different links based on the user's logged in state.

1. <?php
2. global $user;
3. if ($user->uid) {
4.     print "logged in";
5. }
6. else if (!$user->uid) {
7.     print "please log in";
8. }
9. ?>

I was chatting on irc with dmytrok (kudos to him about the tip below) about the Solar View Helpers and it seems there's a very simple way of using multiple functions in a solar view helper.

As you know, for creating a Solar View Helper you create a class like:

1. class Vendor_View_Helper_MyTest extends Solar_View_Helper {
2.  
3.     public function myTest()
4.     {
5.         // logic here
6.     }
7. }

And then you can call it in your views by using $this->myTest() and all will go well.