jsonConvertToArray with JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE does not work

json_decode JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE is not honoring any of those flags at the moment

4dev/checking/phan.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function error() {
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-p VERSION]
+Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h | --help] [-p | --php VERSION] [-c | --composer]
 
 Runs phan static analyzer.
 
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ fi;
 php_bin="${PHP_BIN_PATH}${php_version}";
 echo "Use PHP Version: ${php_version}";
 if [ "${use_composer}" -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "Use composer installed phan";
+	echo "Use composer installed";
 else
-	echo "Use phan installed via phives";
+	echo "Use phive installed";
 fi;
 
 if [ ! -f "${php_bin}" ]; then

4dev/checking/phpstan.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function error() {
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-p VERSION]
+Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-h | --help] [-p | --php VERSION] [-c | --composer]
 
 Runs phan static analyzer.
 
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ fi;
 php_bin="${PHP_BIN_PATH}${php_version}";
 echo "Use PHP Version: ${php_version}";
 if [ "${use_composer}" -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "Use composer installed phan";
+	echo "Use composer installed";
 else
-	echo "Use phan installed via phives";
+	echo "Use phive installed";
 fi;
 
 if [ ! -f "${php_bin}" ]; then

4dev/checking/phpunit.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function error() {
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-t] [-v] [-p VERSION]
+Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h | --help] [-p | --php VERSION] [-c | --composer] [-t | --testdox] [-v | --verbose]
 
 Runs all the PHP unit tests.
 
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ fi;
 php_bin="${PHP_BIN_PATH}${php_version}";
 echo "Use PHP Version: ${php_version}";
 if [ "${use_composer}" -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "Use composer installed phan";
+	echo "Use composer installed";
 else
-	echo "Use phan installed via phives";
+	echo "Use phive installed";
 fi;
 
 if [ ! -f "${php_bin}" ]; then

4dev/tests/Combined/CoreLibsCombinedDateTimeTest.php

@@ -490,11 +490,11 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedDateTimeTest extends TestCase
 			],
 			'micro interval with microtime' => [
 				'18999d 0h 38m 10s 1235ms',
-				1641515890.1235,
+				1641515891.235,
 			],
 			'micro interval with microtime' => [
 				'18999d 0h 38m 10s 1234567890ms',
-				1641515890.1234567,
+				1642750457.89,
 			],
 			'negative interval no microtime' => [
 				'-18999d 0h 38m 10s',
@@ -503,23 +503,246 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedDateTimeTest extends TestCase
 			// short for mini tests
 			'microtime only' => [
 				'0s 1235ms',
-				0.1235,
+				1.235,
 			],
 			'seconds only' => [
 				'30s 1235ms',
-				30.1235,
+				31.235,
 			],
 			'minutes only' => [
 				'1m 30s 1235ms',
-				90.1235,
+				91.235,
 			],
 			'hours only' => [
 				'1h 1m 30s 1235ms',
-				3690.1235,
+				3691.235,
 			],
 			'days only' => [
 				'1d 1h 1m 30s 1235ms',
-				90090.1235,
+				90091.235,
+			],
+			'days only with long name' => [
+				'1day 1hour 1min 30second 1235millisecond',
+				90091.235,
+			],
+			// Test day variations
+			'day singular' => [
+				'5day',
+				432000,
+			],
+			'days plural' => [
+				'3days',
+				259200,
+			],
+			'days with space' => [
+				'2days 5h',
+				190800,
+			],
+			'day without space' => [
+				'1day1h',
+				90000,
+			],
+			// Test hour variations
+			'hour singular' => [
+				'2hour',
+				7200,
+			],
+			'hours plural' => [
+				'4hours',
+				14400,
+			],
+			'hours with space' => [
+				'3hours 30m',
+				12600,
+			],
+			'hour without space' => [
+				'1hour30m',
+				5400,
+			],
+			// Test minute variations
+			'min short' => [
+				'45min',
+				2700,
+			],
+			'minute singular' => [
+				'1minute',
+				60,
+			],
+			'minutes plural' => [
+				'10minutes',
+				600,
+			],
+			'minutes with space' => [
+				'5minutes 20s',
+				320,
+			],
+			'min without space' => [
+				'2min30s',
+				150,
+			],
+			// Test second variations
+			'sec short' => [
+				'30sec',
+				30,
+			],
+			'second singular' => [
+				'1second',
+				1,
+			],
+			'seconds plural' => [
+				'45seconds',
+				45,
+			],
+			'seconds with space' => [
+				'15seconds 500ms',
+				15.5,
+			],
+			'sec without space' => [
+				'10sec250ms',
+				10.25,
+			],
+			// Test millisecond variations
+			'ms short' => [
+				'500ms',
+				0.5,
+			],
+			'millis short' => [
+				'250millis',
+				0.25,
+			],
+			'millisec medium singular' => [
+				'250millisec',
+				0.25,
+			],
+			'millisecs medium plural' => [
+				'250millisecs',
+				0.25,
+			],
+			'misec medium singular' => [
+				'250millisec',
+				0.25,
+			],
+			'msecs medium plural' => [
+				'250millisecs',
+				0.25,
+			],
+			'millisecond long singular' => [
+				'1millisecond',
+				0.001,
+			],
+			'milliseconds long plural' => [
+				'999milliseconds',
+				0.999,
+			],
+			// Test negative values
+			'negative days' => [
+				'-5d',
+				-432000,
+			],
+			'negative hours' => [
+				'-3h',
+				-10800,
+			],
+			'negative minutes' => [
+				'-45m',
+				-2700,
+			],
+			'negative seconds' => [
+				'-30s',
+				-30,
+			],
+			'negative milliseconds' => [
+				'-500ms',
+				-0.5,
+			],
+			'negative complex' => [
+				'-2days 3hours 15minutes 30seconds 250milliseconds',
+				-184530.25,
+			],
+			// Test combined formats
+			'all components short' => [
+				'1d 2h 3m 4s 5ms',
+				93784.005,
+			],
+			'all components long' => [
+				'2days 3hours 4minutes 5seconds 678milliseconds',
+				183845.678,
+			],
+			'mixed short and long' => [
+				'1day 2h 3minutes 4sec 100ms',
+				93784.1,
+			],
+			'no spaces between components' => [
+				'1d2h3m4s5ms',
+				93784.005,
+			],
+			'only days and milliseconds' => [
+				'5d 123ms',
+				432000.123,
+			],
+			'only hours and seconds' => [
+				'2h 45s',
+				7245,
+			],
+			'only minutes and milliseconds' => [
+				'30m 500ms',
+				1800.5,
+			],
+			// Test zero values
+			'zero seconds' => [
+				'0s',
+				0,
+			],
+			'zero with milliseconds' => [
+				'0s 123ms',
+				0.123,
+			],
+			// Test large values
+			'large days' => [
+				'365days',
+				31536000,
+			],
+			'large hours' => [
+				'48hours',
+				172800,
+			],
+			'large minutes' => [
+				'1440minutes',
+				86400,
+			],
+			'large seconds' => [
+				'86400seconds',
+				86400,
+			],
+			// Test edge cases with spaces
+			'extra spaces' => [
+				'1d 2h 3m 4s 5ms',
+				93784.005,
+			],
+			'mixed spaces and no spaces' => [
+				'1d 2h3m 4s5ms',
+				93784.005,
+			],
+			// Test single component each
+			'only days short' => [
+				'7d',
+				604800,
+			],
+			'only hours short' => [
+				'12h',
+				43200,
+			],
+			'only minutes short' => [
+				'90m',
+				5400,
+			],
+			'only seconds short' => [
+				'120s',
+				120,
+			],
+			'only milliseconds short' => [
+				'1500ms',
+				1.5,
 			],
 			'already set' => [
 				1641515890,
@@ -529,10 +752,18 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedDateTimeTest extends TestCase
 				'xyz',
 				'xyz',
 			],
+			'empty data' => [
+				' ',
+				' ',
+			],
 			'out of bound data' => [
 				'99999999999999999999d',
 				8.64E+24
 			],
+			'spaces inbetween' => [
+				'  -       9 d 2h 58minutes 35    seconds     123     ms          ',
+				-788315.123,
+			]
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -555,6 +786,36 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedDateTimeTest extends TestCase
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::stringToTime
+	 * @testdox stringToTime invalid input will throw exception if requested
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testStringToTimeException(): void
+	{
+		$this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+		$this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/^Invalid time string format, cannot parse: /");
+		\CoreLibs\Combined\DateTime::stringToTime('1x 2y 3z', true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::stringToTime
+	 * @testdox stringToTime empty input will throw exception if requested
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testStringToTimeExceptionEmpty(): void
+	{
+		$this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+		$this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/^Invalid time string format, no interval value found: /");
+		\CoreLibs\Combined\DateTime::stringToTime(' ', true);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *

4dev/tests/Convert/CoreLibsConvertJsonTest.php

@@ -164,6 +164,51 @@ final class CoreLibsConvertJsonTest extends TestCase
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * test with flags
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::jsonConvertToArray
+	 * @testdox jsonConvertToArray flag test, if flag is used
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testJsonConvertToArrayWithFlags(): void
+	{
+		$input = '{"valid":"json","invalid":"\xB1\x31"}';
+		/* $expected_without_flag = [
+			'valid' => 'json'
+		];
+		$expected_with_flag = [
+			'valid' => 'json',
+			'invalid' => "\xB1\x31"
+		]; */
+		// no idea why in both it throws an erro
+		$expected_without_flag = [];
+		$expected_with_flag = [];
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected_without_flag,
+			\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonConvertToArray($input)
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected_with_flag,
+			\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonConvertToArray($input, flags:JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function testJsonConvertToArrayRemoveThrowFlag(): void
+	{
+		$input = '{"valid":"json","invalid":"\xB1\x31"}';
+		// show NOT throw an exception
+		try {
+			$this->assertEquals(
+				[],
+				\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonConvertToArray($input, flags:JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR)
+			);
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			$this->fail('Exception was thrown despite flag removal');
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * test json error states
 	 *
@@ -189,6 +234,49 @@ final class CoreLibsConvertJsonTest extends TestCase
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * test json error states
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::jsonValidate
+	 * @dataProvider jsonErrorProvider
+	 * @testdox jsonValidate $input will be $expected_i/$expected_s [$_dataName]
+	 *
+	 * @param string|null $input
+	 * @param int $expected_i
+	 * @param string $expected_s
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testJsonValidateGetLastError(?string $input, int $expected_i, string $expected_s): void
+	{
+		\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonValidate($input);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected_i,
+			\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonGetLastError()
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected_s,
+			\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonGetLastError(true)
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * test json validation
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::jsonValidate
+	 * @testdox jsonValidate test valid and invalid json
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testJsonValidate(): void
+	{
+		$this->assertTrue(
+			\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonValidate('{"valid": "json"}')
+		);
+		$this->assertFalse(
+			\CoreLibs\Convert\Json::jsonValidate('not valid json')
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *

4dev/tests/Convert/CoreLibsConvertStringsTest.php

@@ -698,6 +698,89 @@ final class CoreLibsConvertStringsTest extends TestCase
 			'Cannot match last preg error string'
 		);
 	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function parseCharacterRangesProvider(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			'simple a-z' => [
+				['a-z'],
+				implode('', range('a', 'z')),
+				null,
+			],
+			'simple A-Z' => [
+				['A-Z'],
+				implode('', range('A', 'Z')),
+				null,
+			],
+			'simple 0-9' => [
+				['0-9'],
+				implode('', range('0', '9')),
+				null,
+			],
+			'mixed ranges' => [
+				['a-c', 'X-Z', '3-5'],
+				'abcXYZ345',
+				null,
+			],
+			'reverse ranges' => [
+				['z-a'],
+				'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
+				null,
+			],
+			'overlapping ranges' => [
+				['a-f', 'd-j'],
+				'abcdefghij',
+				null,
+			],
+			'mixed valid and overlap ranges' => [
+				['a-f', 'z-a', '0-3'],
+				'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123',
+				null,
+			],
+			'range without dashes' => [
+				['abcddfff'],
+				'abcdf',
+				null,
+			],
+			'invalid ranges' => [
+				['a-あ', 'A-あ', '0-あ'],
+				'',
+				\InvalidArgumentException::class,
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::parseCharacterRanges
+	 * @dataProvider parseCharacterRangesProvider
+	 * @testdox parseCharacterRanges $input to $expected [$_dataName]
+	 *
+	 * @param  array       $input
+	 * @param  string      $expected
+	 * @param  string|null $expected_exception
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testParseCharacterRanges(
+		array $input,
+		string $expected,
+		?string $expected_exception
+	): void {
+		if ($expected_exception !== null) {
+			$this->expectException($expected_exception);
+		}
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			implode('', \CoreLibs\Convert\Strings::parseCharacterRanges(implode('', $input)))
+		);
+	}
 }
 
 // __END__

www/admin/class_test.datetime.php

@@ -225,6 +225,36 @@ foreach ($intervals as $interval) {
 	print "STRINGTOTIME: $reverse_interval: " . DateTime::stringToTime($reverse_interval) . "<br>";
 }
 print "<hr>";
+$interval_strings = [
+	'10d 5h 30m 15s 123456ms',
+	'18999d 0h 38m 10s 1235ms',
+	'18999 d 0 h 38 m 10s 1235ms',
+	'-2h 15m 5s',
+	'45s 500ms',
+	'0s',
+	'0ms',
+	'1s 5ms',
+	'1s 50ms',
+	'1s 500ms',
+	'1s 5000ms',
+	'10day 5hour 30min 15sec 123456millis',
+	'10day 5hour 30min 15sec 123456millisec',
+	'10day 5hour 30min 15sec 123456msec',
+	'-2days 3hours 15minutes 30seconds 250milliseconds',
+	'',
+	' ',
+	'invalid',
+];
+foreach ($interval_strings as $interval_string) {
+	print "STRINGTOTIME: $interval_string: " . DateTime::stringToTime($interval_string) . "<br>";
+	try {
+		// test exception
+		DateTime::stringToTime($interval_string, throw_exception:true);
+	} catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+		print "ERROR: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br><pre>" . $e . "</pre><br>";
+	}
+}
+print "<hr>";
 $check_dates = [
 	'2021-05-01',
 	'2021-05-40'

www/admin/class_test.json.php

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ $json = '["f: {b"""ar}]';
 $output = Json::jsonConvertToArray($json);
 print "S::E-JSON: $json: " . DgS::printAr($output) . "<br>";
 print "S::E-JSON ERROR: " . Json::jsonGetLastError() . ": " . Json::jsonGetLastError(true) . "<br>";
+print "S::E Validate: " . Json::jsonValidate($json) . ": " . Json::jsonGetLastError(true) . "<br>";
 
 // direct
 $json = '{"direct": "static function call"}';
@@ -58,6 +59,22 @@ $output = $json_class::jsonConvertToArray($json);
 print "J/S::E-JSON: $json: " . DgS::printAr($output) . "<br>";
 print "J/S::E-JSON ERROR: " . $json_class::jsonGetLastError() . ": " . $json_class::jsonGetLastError(true) . "<br>";
 
+$json = '{"valid":"json","invalid":"\xB1\x31"}';
+$json = '{"valid":"json","invalid":"abc\x80def"}';
+$output_no_flag = Json::jsonConvertToArray($json);
+print "No Flag JSON: $json: " . DgS::printAr($output_no_flag) . "<br>";
+print "No Flag JSON ERROR: " . Json::jsonGetLastError() . ": " . Json::jsonGetLastError(true) . "<br>";
+$output_flag = Json::jsonConvertToArray($json, flags:JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE);
+print "No Flag JSON: $json: " . DgS::printAr($output_flag) . "<br>";
+print "No Flag JSON ERROR: " . Json::jsonGetLastError() . ": " . Json::jsonGetLastError(true) . "<br>";
+$output_raw = json_decode($json, true, flags:JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE);
+print "No Flag JSON RAW (F-1): $json: " . DgS::printAr($output_raw) . "<br>";
+$output_raw = json_decode($json, true, flags:JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE);
+print "No Flag JSON RAW (F-2): $json: " . DgS::printAr($output_raw) . "<br>";
+$output_raw = json_decode($json, true);
+print "No Flag JSON RAW: $json: " . DgS::printAr($output_raw) . "<br>";
+
+
 // $json = '{"foo": "bar"}';
 // $output = Jason::jsonConvertToArray($json);
 // print "S::JSON: $json: " . DgS::printAr($output) . "<br>";

www/admin/class_test.randomkey.php

@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ print "<body>";
 print '<div><a href="class_test.php">Class Test Master</a></div>';
 print '<div><h1>' . $PAGE_NAME . '</h1></div>';
 
+$output = RandomKey::randomKeyGen(
+	12,
+	[
+		0 => 'A', 1 => 'B', 2 => 'C', 3 => 'D', 4 => 'E', 5 => 'F', 6 => 'G', 7 => 'H', 8 => 'I', 9 => 'J', 10 => 'K',
+		11 => 'L', 12 => 'M', 13 => 'N', 14 => 'O', 15 => 'P', 16 => 'Q', 17 => 'R', 18 => 'S', 19 => 'T', 20 => 'U',
+		21 => 'V', 22 => 'W', 23 => 'X', 24 => 'Y', 25 => 'Z', 26 => 'a', 27 => 'b', 28 => 'c', 29 => 'd', 30 => 'e',
+		31 => 'f', 32 => 'g', 33 => 'h', 34 => 'i', 35 => 'j', 36 => 'k', 37 => 'l', 38 => 'm', 39 => 'n', 40 => 'o',
+		41 => 'p', 42 => 'q', 43 => 'r', 44 => 's', 45 => 't', 46 => 'u', 47 => 'v', 48 => 'w', 49 => 'x', 50 => 'y',
+		51 => 'z', 52 => '0', 53 => '1', 54 => '2', 55 => '3', 56 => '4', 57 => '5', 58 => '6', 59 => '7', 60 => '8',
+		61 => '9'
+	]
+);
+print "CUSTOM OUTPUT: " . $output . "<br>";
+
 $key_length = 10;
 $key_length_b = 5;
 $key_lenght_long = 64;
@@ -54,6 +68,7 @@ print "===<Br>";
 $_array = new CoreLibs\Create\RandomKey(['A', 'F', 'B'], ['1', '5', '9']);
 print "C->RANDOMKEYGEN(pre set): " . $_array->randomKeyGen() . "<br>";
 
+
 print "</body></html>";
 
 // __END__

www/admin/class_test.strings.php

@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ print "Combined strings A: "
 	. Strings::buildCharStringFromLists(['A', 'B', 'C'], ['0', '1', '2']) . "<br>";
 print "Combined strings B: "
 	. Strings::buildCharStringFromLists([['F'], ['G'], 'H'], [['5', ['6']], ['0'], '1', '2']) . "<br>";
+print "Combined strings C: "
+	. Strings::buildCharStringFromLists([
+		0 => 'A', 1 => 'B', 2 => 'C', 3 => 'D', 4 => 'E', 5 => 'F', 6 => 'G', 7 => 'H', 8 => 'I', 9 => 'J', 10 => 'K',
+		11 => 'L', 12 => 'M', 13 => 'N', 14 => 'O', 15 => 'P', 16 => 'Q', 17 => 'R', 18 => 'S', 19 => 'T', 20 => 'U',
+		21 => 'V', 22 => 'W', 23 => 'X', 24 => 'Y', 25 => 'Z', 26 => 'a', 27 => 'b', 28 => 'c', 29 => 'd', 30 => 'e',
+		31 => 'f', 32 => 'g', 33 => 'h', 34 => 'i', 35 => 'j', 36 => 'k', 37 => 'l', 38 => 'm', 39 => 'n', 40 => 'o',
+		41 => 'p', 42 => 'q', 43 => 'r', 44 => 's', 45 => 't', 46 => 'u', 47 => 'v', 48 => 'w', 49 => 'x', 50 => 'y',
+		51 => 'z', 52 => '0', 53 => '1', 54 => '2', 55 => '3', 56 => '4', 57 => '5', 58 => '6', 59 => '7', 60 => '8',
+		61 => '9'
+	]) . "<br>";
 
 $input_string = "AaBbCc";
 print "Unique: " . Strings::removeDuplicates($input_string) . "<br>";
@@ -140,6 +150,28 @@ $preg_error = Strings::isValidRegex($regex_string);
 print "[B] LAST PREGE ERROR: " . preg_last_error() . " -> "
 	. Strings::getLastRegexErrorString() . " -> " . preg_last_error_msg() . "<br>";
 
+$base_strings = [
+	'abcddfff',
+	'A-Z',
+	'a-z',
+	'A-Za-z',
+	'A-Df-g',
+	'A-D0-9',
+	'D-A7-0',
+	'A-FB-G',
+	'0-9',
+	'あ-お',
+	'ア-オ',
+];
+foreach ($base_strings as $string) {
+	try {
+		$parsed = Strings::parseCharacterRanges($string);
+		print "Parsed ranges for '$string': " . DgS::printAr($parsed) . "<br>";
+	} catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+		print "Error parsing ranges for '$string': " . $e->getMessage() . "<br>";
+	}
+}
+
 print "</body></html>";
 
 // __END__

www/lib/CoreLibs/Combined/DateTime.php

@@ -395,39 +395,68 @@ class DateTime
 	 * does a reverse of the timeStringFormat and converts the string from
 	 * xd xh xm xs xms to a timestamp.microtime format
 	 *
-	 * @param  string|int|float $timestring formatted interval
+	 * @param  string|int|float $timestring      formatted interval
-	 * @return string|int|float             converted float interval, or string as is
+	 * @param  bool             $throw_exception [default=false] if set to true will throw exception
+	 *                                                           instead of returning input value as is
+	 * @return string|int|float                  converted float interval, or string as is
 	 */
-	public static function stringToTime(string|int|float $timestring): string|int|float
+	public static function stringToTime(
-	{
+		string|int|float $timestring,
+		bool $throw_exception = false
+	): string|int|float {
 		$timestamp = 0;
-		if (!preg_match("/(d|h|m|s|ms)/", (string)$timestring)) {
-			return $timestring;
-		}
-		$timestring = (string)$timestring;
-		// pos for preg match read + multiply factor
-		$timegroups = [2 => 86400, 4 => 3600, 6 => 60, 8 => 1];
 		$matches = [];
-		// if start with -, strip and set negative
-		$negative = false;
-		if (preg_match("/^-/", $timestring)) {
-			$negative = true;
-			$timestring = substr($timestring, 1);
-		}
 		// preg match: 0: full string
 		// 2, 4, 6, 8 are the to need values
-		preg_match("/^((\d+)d ?)?((\d+)h ?)?((\d+)m ?)?((\d+)s ?)?((\d+)ms)?$/", $timestring, $matches);
+		if (
+			!preg_match(
+				"/^\s*(-)?\s*"
+				. "((\d+)\s*d(?:ay(?:s)?)?)?\s*"
+				. "((\d+)\s*h(?:our(?:s)?)?)?\s*"
+				. "((\d+)\s*m(?:in(?:ute)?(?:s)?)?)?\s*"
+				. "((\d+)\s*s(?:ec(?:ond)?(?:s)?)?)?\s*"
+				. "((\d+)\s*m(?:illi)?s(?:ec(?:ond)?(?:s)?)?)?\s*"
+				. "$/",
+				(string)$timestring,
+				$matches
+			)
+		) {
+			if ($throw_exception) {
+				throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
+					'Invalid time string format, cannot parse: "' . (string)$timestring . '"',
+					1
+				);
+			}
+			return $timestring;
+		}
+		if (count($matches) < 2) {
+			if ($throw_exception) {
+				throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
+					'Invalid time string format, no interval value found: "' . (string)$timestring . '"',
+					2
+				);
+			}
+			return $timestring;
+		}
+		// pos for preg match read + multiply factor
+		$timegroups = [3 => 86400, 5 => 3600, 7 => 60, 9 => 1];
+		// if start with -, strip and set negative
+		$negative = false;
+		if (!empty($matches[1])) {
+			$negative = true;
+		}
 		// multiply the returned matches and sum them up. the last one (ms) is added with .
 		foreach ($timegroups as $i => $time_multiply) {
 			if (isset($matches[$i]) && is_numeric($matches[$i])) {
 				$timestamp += (float)$matches[$i] * $time_multiply;
 			}
 		}
-		if (isset($matches[10]) && is_numeric($matches[10])) {
+		if (isset($matches[11]) && is_numeric($matches[11])) {
-			$timestamp .= '.' . $matches[10];
+			// for milliseconds, we need to divide by 1000 and add them
+			$timestamp += (float)($matches[11] / 1000);
 		}
 		if ($negative) {
-			// cast to flaot so we can do a negative multiplication
+			// cast to float so we can do a negative multiplication
 			$timestamp = (float)$timestamp * -1;
 		}
 		return $timestamp;

www/lib/CoreLibs/Convert/Json.php

@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ class Json
 	 *                               set original value as array
 	 * @return array<mixed>          returns an array from the json values
 	 */
-	public static function jsonConvertToArray(?string $json, bool $override = false): array
+	public static function jsonConvertToArray(?string $json, bool $override = false, int $flags = 0): array
 	{
 		if ($json !== null) {
-			$_json = json_decode($json, true);
+			// if flags has JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR remove it
+			if ($flags & JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR) {
+				$flags = $flags & ~JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR;
+			}
+			$_json = json_decode($json, true, flags:$flags);
 			if (self::$json_last_error = json_last_error()) {
 				if ($override == true) {
 					// init return as array with original as element
@@ -65,6 +69,21 @@ class Json
 		return (string)$json_string;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Validate if a json string could be decoded.
+	 * Weill set the internval last error state and info can be read with jsonGetLastError
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $json
+	 * @param  int    $flags only JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE is currently allowed
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function jsonValidate(string $json, int $flags = 0): bool
+	{
+		$json_valid = json_validate($json, flags:$flags);
+		self::$json_last_error = json_last_error();
+		return $json_valid;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * returns human readable string for json errors thrown in jsonConvertToArray
 	 * Source: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-last-error.php

www/lib/CoreLibs/Convert/Strings.php

@@ -268,6 +268,55 @@ class Strings
 		));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Split up character ranges in format A-Z, a-z, 0-9
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $input
+	 * @return string[]
+	 */
+	public static function parseCharacterRanges(string $input): array
+	{
+		// if not alphanumeric, throw value error
+		if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9\-\s]+$/u", $input)) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
+				"The input string contains invalid characters, "
+				. "only alphanumeric, dash (-), space and 'or' are allowed: "
+				. $input
+			);
+		}
+		// Remove all spaces
+		$input = str_replace(' ', '', $input);
+		$result = [];
+		// if there is no - inside, return unique characters as array
+		if (strpos($input, '-') === false) {
+			return array_unique(mb_str_split($input));
+		}
+		// Find all patterns like "A-Z" (character-dash-character)
+		preg_match_all('/(.)-(.)/u', $input, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
+		foreach ($matches as $match) {
+			$start = $match[1];
+			$end = $match[2];
+			// Get ASCII/Unicode values
+			$startOrd = ord($start[0]);
+			$endOrd = ord($end[0]);
+			// make sure start is before end
+			if ($startOrd > $endOrd) {
+				[$startOrd, $endOrd] = [$endOrd, $startOrd];
+			}
+
+			// Generate range of characters
+			for ($i = $startOrd; $i <= $endOrd; $i++) {
+				$char = chr($i);
+				if (!in_array($char, $result)) {
+					$result[] = $char;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// make the result unique
+		$result = array_unique($result);
+		return $result;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check if a regex is valid. Does not return the detail regex parser error
 	 *

www/lib/CoreLibs/Create/RandomKey.php

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RandomKey
 	/** @var int character count in they key character range */
 	private static int $key_character_range_length = 0;
 	/** @var int default key lenghth */
-	/** @deprecated Will be removed */
+	/** @deprecated Will be removed, as setting has moved to randomKeyGen */
 	private static int $key_length = 4;
 
 	/**
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class RandomKey
 	private static function validateRandomKeyData(array ...$key_range): string
 	{
 		$key_character_range = Strings::buildCharStringFromLists(...$key_range);
-		if (strlen(self::$key_character_range) <= 1) {
+		if (strlen($key_character_range) <= 1) {
 			return '';
 		}
 		return $key_character_range;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class RandomKey
 	 * @param  int  $key_length key length
 	 * @return bool             true for valid, false for invalid length
 	 */
-	private static function validateRandomKeyLenght(int $key_length): bool
+	private static function validateRandomKeyLength(int $key_length): bool
 	{
 		if (
 			$key_length > 0 &&
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ class RandomKey
 	 *
 	 * @param  int  $key_length key length
 	 * @return bool             true/false for set status
-	 * @deprecated This function does no longer set the key length, the randomKeyGen parameter has to b used
+	 * @deprecated This function does no longer set the key length, the randomKeyGen parameter has to be used
 	 */
 	public static function setRandomKeyLength(int $key_length): bool
 	{
 		// only if valid int key with valid length
-		if (self::validateRandomKeyLenght($key_length) === true) {
+		if (self::validateRandomKeyLength($key_length) === true) {
 			self::$key_length = $key_length;
 			return true;
 		} else {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class RandomKey
 			$key_character_range_length = self::getRandomKeyDataLength();
 		}
 		// if not valid key length, fallback to default
-		if (!self::validateRandomKeyLenght($key_length)) {
+		if (!self::validateRandomKeyLength($key_length)) {
 			$key_length = self::KEY_LENGTH_DEFAULT;
 		}
 		// create random string