Sometimes it's just fun to talk about all of the odd things we've done with PHP in the past. In this thread on /r/php on Reddit, developers have shared some of the "weirdest programs" they've created with the language. Here's just a sampling:
- a script which automatically wish for friend's birthday on midnight in facebook using Graph API
- a page counter
- a video watermarking and streaming tool
- a counter-bot script for preventing bot spam accounts in a game
- generate Flash SWF files
- a pulling an image from a webcam for a "real-time" Facebook cover photo
- solving quadratic equations for homework
- a "cat fax" service
- a Quake game browser
There's many, many, many more in the full post and it's interesting to see what all other developers have done. Head on over and share your weirdest PHP scripts too!