The Stringler Laravel Package

A Laravel package for The Stringler, a string manipulation class.

Install

Compsoser:

composer require thestringler-laravel/manipulator

After composer has done its thing, add the package service provider to the array in /config/app.php:

TheStringlerLaravel\Manipulator\ManipulatorServiceProvider::class

Then add the facade to the aliases array, also in config/app.php:

'Manipulator' => TheStringlerLaravel\Manipulator\ManipulatorFacade::class,

Helper function:

$string = manipulate('hello')->toUpper();

Methods

append($string)

manipulate('Freak')->append(' Out!');
// Freak Out!

camelToSnake

manipulate('camelCase')->camelToSnake();
// camel_case

camelToClass

manipulate('className')->camelToClass();
// ClassName

capitalize

manipulate('hello')->capitalize();
// Hello

capitalizeEach

manipulate('i like toast!')->capitalizeEach();
// I Like Toast!

eachCharacter($closure)

manipulate('hello')->eachCharacter(function($char) {
    return strtoupper($char);
});
// HELLO

eachWord($closure, $preserveSpaces = false)

manipulate('hello moto')->eachWord(function($word) {
    return strrev($word);
});
// ollehotom

manipulate('hello moto')->eachWord(function($word) {
    return strrev($word);
}, true);
// olleh otom

getPossessive

manipulate('Bob')->getPossessive();
// Bob's
manipulate('Silas')->getPossessive();
// Silas'

htmlEntities($flags = ENT_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode = true)

manipulate('&')->htmlEntities();
// &

htmlEntitiesDecode($flags = ENT_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8')

manipulate('&')->htmlEntitiesDecode();
// &

htmlSpecialCharacters($flags = ENT_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode = true)

manipulate('&<>')->htmlSpecialCharacters();
// &amp;&lt;&gt;

lowercaseFirst

manipulate('HELLO')->lowercaseFirst();
// hELLO

pad($length, $string, $type = null)

manipulate('Hello')->pad(2, '!!', STR_PAD_RIGHT);
// Hello!!

prepend($string)

manipulate('is the one.')->prepend('Neo ');
// Neo is the one.

pluralize($items = null)

manipulate('Potato')->pluralize();
// Potatoes

You can optionally pass an array or numeric value to pluaralize to determine if the given string should be pluaralized.

$dogs = ['Zoe', 'Spot', 'Pickles'];
manipulate('Dog')->pluralize($dogs);
// Dogs

$cats = ['Whiskers'];
manipulate('Cat')->pluralize($cats);
// Cat

nthCharacter($nth, $closure)

manipulate('Wordpress')->nthCharacter(5, function($character) {
    return mb_strtoupper($character);
});
// WordPress

nthWord($nth, $closure, $preserveSpaces = true)

manipulate('Oh hello there!')->nthWord(2, function($word) {
    return mb_strtoupper($word);
});
// Oh HELLO there!

remove($string, $caseSensitive = true)

manipulate('Dog Gone')->remove('Gone');
// Dog

removeSpecialCharacters($exceptions = [])

manipulate('Hello!!')->removeSpecialCharacters();
// Hello
manipulate('Hello!!')->removeSpecialCharacters(['!']);
// Hello!!

repeat($multiplier = 1)

manipulate('la')->repeat(3);
// lalala

replace($find, $replace = '', $caseSensitive = true)

manipulate('Pickles are good.')->replace('good', 'terrible');
// Pickles are terrible.

reverse

manipulate('Whoa!')->reverse();
// !aohW

snakeToCamel

manipulate('snake_case')->snakeToCamel();
// snakeCase

snakeToClass

manipulate('class_name')->snakeToClass();
// ClassName

stripTags($allowed = '')

manipulate('<i>Hello</i>')->stripTags();
// Hello

toCamelCase

manipulate('camel case')->toCamelCase();
// camelCase

toL33t

manipulate('Hack The Planet!')->toL33t();
// (-)@{|< +/-/€ |O7@|\|€][!

toLower

manipulate('LOWER')->toLower();
// lower

toSlug

manipulate('This is a slug!')->toSlug();
// this-is-a-slug

toSnakeCase

manipulate('snake case')->toSnakeCase();
// snake_case

toString

This method just returns the string.

toUpper

manipulate('upper')->toUpper();
// UPPER

trim

manipulate('  trimmed  ')->trim();
// trimmed

trimBeginning

manipulate('  trimmed')->trimBeginning();
// trimmed

trimEnd

manipulate('trimmed  ')->trimEnd();
// trimmed

truncate($length = 100, $append = '...')

manipulate('This is a sentence and will be truncated.')->truncate(10, '...');
// This is a ...

urlDecode

manipulate('hello%21')->urlDecode();
// hello!

urlEncode

manipulate('hello!')->urlEncode();
// hello%21

Chainable

All of these methods (minus toString) can be chained.

manipulate('hello')->toUpper()->reverse();
// OLLEH