if ($some_var == 3) {
   return TRUE;
} else {
   return FALSE;
}

Because the == is a logical operator, the operation returns a boolean value. Boolean expressions like this always return TRUE or FALSE.

Ie, your code could be simplified to:

    return ($some_var == 3);

It works with more complex examples as well:

    return ( some_fun() && $some_var == 3 || $foo == 'bar');

God, it seems like a lot of my posts are just complaining about the way other people write code. You’d think it’s almost as if I write perfect code. I now must take the time to admit that this is not the case. Also, I can’t claim that coders who write in the style I just called out are wrong. I just don’t like it.

I’ve moved to a new hosting solution!

It’s not permanently settled, I’ve still got a lot of configuration to do, so service may be intermittent.

Thanks!

If anyone can analyze it, and maybe tell me what I am not thinking about, I’d appreciate it. That’s all I want: to know what I am NOT thinking about. My hope is, the insight from others may help me get better with this type of problem. I’m not a regex rookie, I just thought it would be a nice exercise. Gah.

There, now that all of that defending myself (probably for nothing) is out of the way, here it is:

/^[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9-_.]*\@[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9-_.]*\.([a-z]{2,4}|museum|travel)$/i

I purposely ignored the top level domains along the lines of XN–MGBERP4A5D4AR, because, well, I don’t want email from people on those domains?

Thanks!

There just has to be. It may just be nearly impossible to find.

In much simpler terms, I’d state it like this:

$a = md5($some_string); //give me some 32 character hexidecimal "string"
$b = $message_from_god;
$c = md5($a . $b);

if($a === $c) { //a and c are exactly identical!
   die('The world will now shatter to pieces.");
}

Make sense? I can’t prove it, but I feel like it HAS to be true, for b of unlimited length.

Instead, from now on, I will probably make some more pointless posts that nobody wants to read, but I will hopefully enjoy more. After all, this blog really is just about me, right?

Perhaps, as I see more success, I’ll make more posts about my affiliate marketing ventures. Yeah, one of those guys.

I’m that kind of person that always has 4,000 “entrepreneur” ideas going on in the back of my mind.  As I start unrolling some of these, I’ll be sure to let you in on them.  I have a good one coming up that I’d like to share, so be sure to stay tuned.  I’ll share as much as I can on my process of packaging up the finished product, how I market it, and any success I have.

It’s been one whole month, and I’m just now getting to 10 posts.  I’d hoped I would do better, I’ll try to in the future!

So here it is, I’m sorry readers of my blog.  I’ll now call each of you out by name, to show my sincerity:

Googlebot 2.1 – You were my first loyal reader. Thanks for your continued support!
Joker – You shared that awesome link about iPhones via the comments section.  I am eternally grateful! Thanks again!