spatie/piper

A pipe operator-first PHP utility library for array and string manipulation
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Install
composer require spatie/piper
Latest Version:1.1.0
PHP:^8.5
License:MIT
Last Updated:Aug 11, 2026
Links: GitHub  ·  Packagist
Maintainer: spatie

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Piper is a pipe operator-first PHP utility library for array and string manipulation. It ports Laravel's collection and string utility methods to standalone functions.

It comes with array helpers:

use function Spatie\Piper\Arr\{filter, map};

$popular = $posts
    |> filter(fn (Post $post) => $post->views > 1000)
    |> map(fn (Post $post) => $post->title);

// ["Claude Talk Small. Code Still Big.", …]

And string helpers:

use function Spatie\Piper\Str\{lower, replace};

'Hello, world!'
    |> lower()
    |> replace('world', 'Piper');

// "hello, Piper!"

Since all functions work with primitives, you can mix and match:

use function Spatie\Piper\Arr\{filter, join, map, values};
use function Spatie\Piper\Str\{prefix, suffix};

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    |> filter(fn (int $i) => $i % 2 === 0)
    |> map(fn (int $i) => pow($i, 2))
    |> values()
    |> join(', ', ', and ')
    |> prefix('The winning numbers are ')
    |> suffix('.');

// "The winning numbers are 4, 16, and 36."

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/piper

Documentation

All documentation is available on our documentation site.

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Testing

You can run the tests with:

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

Piper is a port of Laravel's collection & string helpers. All methods, tests, and documentation examples are derived from the Laravel source. The porting strategy is described in PORT.md.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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