resolve some errors in php logic, like strlen with str containing space that is interpreted as array instead of string

plug/map_prof/utils/mp_console_log.php

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+<?php
+// https://stackify.com/how-to-log-to-console-in-php/
+
+function mp_log($output) {
+	$type = gettype($output);
+	if ($type == 'object')
+		$output = serialize($output);
+	$time = date('H:i');
+	$file = '/var/www/html/wp-debug.log';
+	file_put_contents($file, $time . "  " . $output . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
+}
+
+function mp_console_log($output) {
+	$js_code = 'console.log(' . json_encode($output, JSON_HEX_TAG) . ');';
+	$js_code = '<script>' . $js_code . '</script>';
+	echo $js_code;
+}
+
+//	function mp_console_log($output, $with_script_tags = true) {
+//		$js_code = 'console.log(' . json_encode($output, JSON_HEX_TAG) . 
+//				');';
+//		if ($with_script_tags) {
+//			$js_code = '<script>' . $js_code . '</script>';
+//		}
+//		echo $js_code;
+//	}
+
+?>

plug/map_prof/utils/mp_get_ip.php

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+<?php
+
+function mp_get_ip() {
+	$external_ip = "";
+	// curl with php :
+	// https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-init.php
+	$ch = curl_init('https://ifconfig.me/ip');
+	// CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER is set to true, which means that cURL should return the response from the HTTP request as a string, rather than printing it to the screen
+	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+	$external_ip = curl_exec($ch);
+	//mp_console_log("ip:");
+	//mp_console_log($external_ip);
+	curl_close($ch);
+
+	return $external_ip;
+}
+
+?>