Reverse text with CSS (32 very special hex digits)

Comments

1. May 6, 2007

   By: grimman (#1)

   Ooh, seems like this could be useful in one app or another. ;)
2. May 9, 2007

   By: jesse (#2)

   omg, this is the best one ever.
3. May 11, 2007

   By: Slap Happy (#3)

   Um, the Diggers aren't rebels. The Diggers are lawbreakers. This is the lamest thing to ever be considered a revolution. Ever. It's an HD-DVD encryption key! Woo! Let's see the so-called "rebels" actually make a positive difference in the world. Now that would be a revolution.
4. May 30, 2007

   By: Biscuitrat (#4)

   Very sneaky; it took me a second :P
5. Feb 10, 2010

   By: Metric Stormtrooper (#5)

   Awesome - was looking for something like this to protect emails and phone numbers on a website from scrapers and bots!
   
   in case anyone else is interested:
   
function cProtect($text)
{
⇥//protect the contact info by reversing phone number and email, and then re-reverse it again via css
⇥$phone = get_phone($text);
⇥$email = get_email($text);
⇥$revphone = str_mirror($phone);
⇥$revemail = str_mirror($email);
⇥
⇥$text = str_replace($phone, $revphone, $text);
⇥$text = str_replace($email, $revemail, $text);
⇥return $text;
}

function str_mirror($string)
{
⇥$res = strrev($string);
⇥$res = ''.$res.'';
⇥return $res;
}

function get_phone($string)
{
⇥$regex = '/\(?([0-9]{2,4})\)?[-. ]?([0-9]{2,4})[-. ]?([0-9]{2,4})[-. ]?(([0-9]{2,4}))?[-. ]?([0-9]{2,4})?[-. ]?/is';
⇥preg_match($regex, $string, $match);
⇥if(isset($match[0]))
⇥{
⇥⇥return $match[0];
⇥}
⇥return false;
}

function get_email($string)
{
$regex = "/([_a-z0-9-]+)(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@([a-z0-9-]+)(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})/is";
⇥preg_match($regex, $string, $match);
⇥if(isset($match[0]))
⇥{
⇥⇥return $match[0];
⇥}
⇥return false;
}

$text = "please call at 123 456 789, or email me at [email protected]";

echo cProtect($text);


   
   Result:
   
please call at 987 654 321, or email me at moc.elpmaxe@tset

6. Mar 10, 2010

   By: Cubicle Generation (#6)

   @ Metric Stormtrooper,
   
   That's all well and dandy, but when someone copy and pastes the e-mail address, it will be backwards still :)