It is interesting to know that there are so many Functions that will help you in your next projects I found it from this source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XS8kxTuq_Q and wanted to share this wonderful information with you
We use use Illuminate\Support\Str let's get them
// 1. UPPERCASE/LOWERCASE LETTERS
echo ucfirst('john'); // Result: "John"
echo lcfirst('John'); // Result: "john"
echo strtolower('John Smith'); // Result: "john smith"
echo strtoupper('john smith'); // Result: "JOHN SMITH"
echo ucwords('john smith'); // Result: "John Smith"
// Laravel helpers:
echo Str::camel('variable_name'); // Result: "variableName"
echo Str::snake('variableName'); // Result: "variable_name"
echo Str::kebab('variableName'); // Result: "variable-name"
echo Str::slug('Some article title'); // Result: "some-article-title"
// 2. TRIM / SUBSTRING
echo '|' . trim(' With spaces ') . '|'; // Result: "With spaces"
echo '|' . ltrim(' With spaces ') . '|'; // Result: "With spaces "
echo '|' . rtrim(' With spaces ') . '|'; // Result: " With spaces"
echo substr(' With spaces ', 1, 4); // Result: " With"
echo substr_replace(' With spaces ', 'Without', 1, 4);
// Result: " Without spaces "
echo substr_count('with spaces and with more', 'with'); //Result: 2
// Laravel helpers:
echo Str::start('path/to/folder', '/'); // Result: "/path/to/folder"
echo Str::finish('/path/to/folder', '/'); // Result: "/path/to/folder/"
// 3. CHECK IF STRING CONTAINS SOMETHING
echo str_contains('Abc', 'a') ? 'true' : 'false'; // Result: "false"
echo str_starts_with('Abc', 'A') ? 'true' : 'false'; // Result: "true"
echo str_ends_with('Abc', 'c') ? 'true' : 'false'; // Result: "true"
echo strstr('My Abc', 'a') ?: 'not found'; // Result: "not found"
echo stristr('My Abc', 'a') ?: 'false'; // Result: "Abc"
echo strpos('Abcdefg', 'c'); // Result: 2
echo stripos('ABCdefg', 'b'); // Result: 1
echo strrpos('AbcAbc', 'c'); // Result: 5
echo strripos('AbcAbc', 'a'); // Result: 3
// Laravel helpers:
echo Str::containsAll('Abcdefg', ['Abc', 'def']) ? 'true' : 'false';
// Result: "true"
echo Str::startsWith('Abc', ['A', 'c']) ? 'true' : 'false';
// Result: "true"
echo Str::endsWith('Abc', ['a', 'c']) ? 'true' : 'false';
// Result: "true"
// 4. STRING LENGTH
echo strlen('Some string'); // Result: 11
echo str_word_count('Some string'); // Result: 2
// 5. PADDING AND MASKING
echo str_pad('123', 7, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); // Result: 0000123
// Laravel helpers:
echo Str::padLeft('123', 7, '0'); // Result: 0000123
echo Str::padRight('123', 7, '0'); // Result: 1230000
echo Str::padBoth('123', 7, '*'); // Result: **123**
echo Str::mask('1234567890123456', '*', 4);
// Result: 1234************
echo Str::mask('1234567890123456', '*', 0, -4);
// Result: ************3456
// 6. RANDOM PHP FUNCTIONS
echo number_format(123456, 2); // Result: 123,456.00
echo sprintf('Some number %d with string %s', 123, 'Something');
// Result: "Some number 123 with string Something"
print_r(str_getcsv("LEGO,19.99,Denmark"));
// Result: Array ( [0] => LEGO [1] => 19.99 [2] => Denmark )
echo strrev('abcdef'); // Result: fedcba
echo levenshtein('Goooogle', 'Google'); // Result: 2
echo similar_text('Goooogle', 'Google', $percentage);
echo ' ('.number_format($percentage, 2).'%)';
// Result: 6 (85.71%)
// 7. RANDOM LARAVEL HELPERS
echo Str::plural('person'); // Result: "people"
echo Str::singular('children'); // Result: "child"
echo Str::random(12); // Result: "f2zujRZcLuJA"
echo Str::uuid();
// Result: "eb2afd13-035b-4b28-a131-bf4c1a390dcd"
I hope you enjoyed the code as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you.
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