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The boundary string

The maximum number of elements in the exploded collection.

• If limit is set and positive, the returned collection will contain a maximum of limit elements with the last element containing the rest of string.
• If the limit parameter is negative, all components except the last -limit are returned.
• If the limit parameter is zero, then this is treated as 1`

Return:

• array<int,static>

explodeCollection(string $delimiter, int $limit): CollectionStringy|static[]

↑ Split a string by a string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $delimiter <p>The boundary string</p>

• `int $limit [optional]

  The maximum number of elements in the exploded collection.

• If limit is set and positive, the returned collection will contain a maximum of limit elements with the last element containing the rest of string.
• If the limit parameter is negative, all components except the last -limit are returned.
• If the limit parameter is zero, then this is treated as 1`

Return:

• \CollectionStringy|static[] <p>An collection of Stringy objects.</p>

extractIntegers(): static

↑ Returns the integer value of the current string.

EXAMPLE: s('foo1 ba2r')->extractIntegers(); // '12'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

extractSpecialCharacters(): static

↑ Returns the special chars of the current string.

EXAMPLE: s('foo1 ba2!r')->extractSpecialCharacters(); // '!'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

extractText(string $search, int|null $length, string $replacerForSkippedText): static

↑ Create an extract from a sentence, so if the search-string was found, it try to centered in the output.

EXAMPLE: $sentence = 'This is only a Fork of Stringy, take a look at the new features.'; s($sentence)->extractText('Stringy'); // '...Fork of Stringy...'

Parameters:

• string $search
• int|null $length [optional] <p>Default: null === text->length / 2</p>
• string $replacerForSkippedText [optional] <p>Default: …</p>

Return:

• static

first(int $n): static

↑ Returns the first $n characters of the string.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->first(3); // 'fòô'

Parameters:

• int $n <p>Number of characters to retrieve from the start.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the first $n chars.</p>

format(mixed $args): static

↑ Return a formatted string via sprintf + named parameters via array syntax.

It will use "sprintf()" so you can use e.g.:

s('There are %d monkeys in the %s')->format(5, 'tree');

s('There are %2$d monkeys in the %1$s')->format('tree', 5);

s('There are %:count monkeys in the %:location')->format(['count' => 5, 'location' => 'tree');

EXAMPLE: $input = 'one: %2$d, %1$s: 2, %:text_three: %3$d'; s($input)->format(['text_three' => '%4$s'], 'two', 1, 3, 'three'); // 'One: 1, two: 2, three: 3'

Parameters:

• mixed ...$args [optional]

Return:

• static <p>A Stringy object produced according to the formatting string format.</p>

getEncoding(): string

↑ Returns the encoding used by the Stringy object.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř', 'UTF-8')->getEncoding(); // 'UTF-8'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string <p>The current value of the $encoding property.</p>

getIterator(): ArrayIterator

↑ Returns a new ArrayIterator, thus implementing the IteratorAggregate interface. The ArrayIterator's constructor is passed an array of chars in the multibyte string. This enables the use of foreach with instances of Stringy\Stringy.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \ArrayIterator <p>An iterator for the characters in the string.</p>

hardWrap(int $width, string $break): static

↑ Wrap the string after an exact number of characters.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $width <p>Number of characters at which to wrap.</p>
• string $break [optional] <p>Character used to break the string. | Default: "\n"</p>

Return:

• static

hasLowerCase(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains a lower case char, false otherwise

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->hasLowerCase(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not the string contains a lower case character.</p>

hasUpperCase(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains an upper case char, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->hasUpperCase(); // false

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not the string contains an upper case character.</p>

hash(string $algorithm): static

↑ Generate a hash value (message digest).

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $algorithm <p>Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..)</p>

Return:

• static

hexDecode(): static

↑ Decode the string from hex.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

hexEncode(): static

↑ Encode string to hex.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

htmlDecode(int $flags): static

↑ Convert all HTML entities to their applicable characters.

EXAMPLE: s('&')->htmlDecode(); // '&'

Parameters:

• `int $flags [optional]

  A bitmask of one or more of the following flags, which specify how to handle quotes and which document type to use. The default is ENT_COMPAT.

  Available flags constants

  Constant Name	Description
  ENT_COMPAT	Will convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone.
  ENT_QUOTES	Will convert both double and single quotes.
  ENT_NOQUOTES	Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted.
  ENT_HTML401	Handle code as HTML 4.01.
  ENT_XML1	Handle code as XML 1.
  ENT_XHTML	Handle code as XHTML.
  ENT_HTML5	Handle code as HTML 5.

  `

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after being html decoded.</p>

htmlEncode(int $flags): static

↑ Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities.

EXAMPLE: s('&')->htmlEncode(); // '&'

Parameters:

• `int $flags [optional]

  A bitmask of one or more of the following flags, which specify how to handle quotes and which document type to use. The default is ENT_COMPAT.

  Available flags constants

  Constant Name	Description
  ENT_COMPAT	Will convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone.
  ENT_QUOTES	Will convert both double and single quotes.
  ENT_NOQUOTES	Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted.
  ENT_HTML401	Handle code as HTML 4.01.
  ENT_XML1	Handle code as XML 1.
  ENT_XHTML	Handle code as XHTML.
  ENT_HTML5	Handle code as HTML 5.

  `

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after being html encoded.</p>

humanize(): static

↑ Capitalizes the first word of the string, replaces underscores with spaces, and strips '_id'.

EXAMPLE: s('author_id')->humanize(); // 'Author'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with a humanized $str.</p>

in(string $str, bool $caseSensitive): bool

↑ Determine if the current string exists in another string. By default, the comparison is case-sensitive, but can be made insensitive by setting $caseSensitive to false.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $str <p>The string to compare against.</p>
• bool $caseSensitive [optional] <p>Whether or not to enforce case-sensitivity. Default: true</p>

Return:

• bool

indexOf(string $needle, int $offset): false|int

↑ Returns the index of the first occurrence of $needle in the string, and false if not found. Accepts an optional offset from which to begin the search.

EXAMPLE: s('string')->indexOf('ing'); // 3

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>Substring to look for.</p>
• int $offset [optional] <p>Offset from which to search. Default: 0</p>

Return:

• false|int <p>The occurrence's <strong>index</strong> if found, otherwise <strong>false</strong>.</p>

indexOfIgnoreCase(string $needle, int $offset): false|int

↑ Returns the index of the first occurrence of $needle in the string, and false if not found. Accepts an optional offset from which to begin the search.

EXAMPLE: s('string')->indexOfIgnoreCase('ING'); // 3

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>Substring to look for.</p>
• int $offset [optional] <p>Offset from which to search. Default: 0</p>

Return:

• false|int <p>The occurrence's <strong>index</strong> if found, otherwise <strong>false</strong>.</p>

indexOfLast(string $needle, int $offset): false|int

↑ Returns the index of the last occurrence of $needle in the string, and false if not found. Accepts an optional offset from which to begin the search. Offsets may be negative to count from the last character in the string.

EXAMPLE: s('foobarfoo')->indexOfLast('foo'); // 10

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>Substring to look for.</p>
• int $offset [optional] <p>Offset from which to search. Default: 0</p>

Return:

• false|int <p>The last occurrence's <strong>index</strong> if found, otherwise <strong>false</strong>.</p>

indexOfLastIgnoreCase(string $needle, int $offset): false|int

↑ Returns the index of the last occurrence of $needle in the string, and false if not found. Accepts an optional offset from which to begin the search. Offsets may be negative to count from the last character in the string.

EXAMPLE: s('fooBarFoo')->indexOfLastIgnoreCase('foo'); // 10

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>Substring to look for.</p>
• int $offset [optional] <p>Offset from which to search. Default: 0</p>

Return:

• false|int <p>The last occurrence's <strong>index</strong> if found, otherwise <strong>false</strong>.</p>

insert(string $substring, int $index): static

↑ Inserts $substring into the string at the $index provided.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbř')->insert('à', 4); // 'fòôbàř'

Parameters:

• string $substring <p>String to be inserted.</p>
• int $index <p>The index at which to insert the substring.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the insertion.</p>

is(string $pattern): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains the $pattern, otherwise false.

WARNING: Asterisks ("") are translated into (".") zero-or-more regular expression wildcards.

EXAMPLE: s('Foo\Bar\Lall')->is('\Bar\'); // true

Parameters:

• string $pattern <p>The string or pattern to match against.</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not we match the provided pattern.</p>

isAlpha(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only alphabetic chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('丹尼爾')->isAlpha(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only alphabetic chars.</p>

isAlphanumeric(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only alphabetic and numeric chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('دانيال1')->isAlphanumeric(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only alphanumeric chars.</p>

isAscii(): bool

↑ Checks if a string is 7 bit ASCII.

EXAMPLE: s('白')->isAscii; // false

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p> <strong>true</strong> if it is ASCII<br> <strong>false</strong> otherwise </p>

isBase64(bool $emptyStringIsValid): bool

↑ Returns true if the string is base64 encoded, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('Zm9vYmFy')->isBase64(); // true

Parameters:

• bool $emptyStringIsValid

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is base64 encoded.</p>

isBinary(): bool

↑ Check if the input is binary... (is look like a hack).

EXAMPLE: s(01)->isBinary(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool

isBlank(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only whitespace chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s("\n\t \v\f")->isBlank(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only whitespace characters.</p>

isBom(): bool

↑ Checks if the given string is equal to any "Byte Order Mark".

WARNING: Use "s::string_has_bom()" if you will check BOM in a string.

EXAMPLE: s->("\xef\xbb\xbf")->isBom(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p><strong>true</strong> if the $utf8_chr is Byte Order Mark, <strong>false</strong> otherwise.</p>

isEmail(bool $useExampleDomainCheck, bool $useTypoInDomainCheck, bool $useTemporaryDomainCheck, bool $useDnsCheck): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains a valid E-Mail address, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('[email protected]')->isEmail(); // true

Parameters:

• bool $useExampleDomainCheck [optional] <p>Default: false</p>
• bool $useTypoInDomainCheck [optional] <p>Default: false</p>
• bool $useTemporaryDomainCheck [optional] <p>Default: false</p>
• bool $useDnsCheck [optional] <p>Default: false</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains a valid E-Mail address.</p>

isEmpty(): bool

↑ Determine whether the string is considered to be empty.

A variable is considered empty if it does not exist or if its value equals FALSE.

EXAMPLE: s('')->isEmpty(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is empty().</p>

isEquals(string|\Stringy $str): bool

↑ Determine whether the string is equals to $str.

Alias for isEqualsCaseSensitive()

EXAMPLE: s('foo')->isEquals('foo'); // true

Parameters:

• string|\Stringy ...$str

Return:

• bool

isEqualsCaseInsensitive(float|int|string|\Stringy $str): bool

↑ Determine whether the string is equals to $str.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• float|int|string|\Stringy ...$str <p>The string to compare.</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is equals.</p>

isEqualsCaseSensitive(float|int|string|\Stringy $str): bool

↑ Determine whether the string is equals to $str.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• float|int|string|\Stringy ...$str <p>The string to compare.</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is equals.</p>

isHexadecimal(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only hexadecimal chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('A102F')->isHexadecimal(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only hexadecimal chars.</p>

isHtml(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains HTML-Tags, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('

foo

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains HTML-Tags.</p>

isJson(bool $onlyArrayOrObjectResultsAreValid): bool

↑ Returns true if the string is JSON, false otherwise. Unlike json_decode in PHP 5.x, this method is consistent with PHP 7 and other JSON parsers, in that an empty string is not considered valid JSON.

EXAMPLE: s('{"foo":"bar"}')->isJson(); // true

Parameters:

• bool $onlyArrayOrObjectResultsAreValid

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is JSON.</p>

isLowerCase(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only lower case chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->isLowerCase(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only lower case characters.</p>

isNotEmpty(): bool

↑ Determine whether the string is considered to be NOT empty.

A variable is considered NOT empty if it does exist or if its value equals TRUE.

EXAMPLE: s('')->isNotEmpty(); // false

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is empty().</p>

isNumeric(): bool

↑ Determine if the string is composed of numeric characters.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool

isPrintable(): bool

↑ Determine if the string is composed of printable (non-invisible) characters.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool

isPunctuation(): bool

↑ Determine if the string is composed of punctuation characters.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool

isSerialized(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string is serialized, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('a:1:{s:3:"foo";s:3:"bar";}')->isSerialized(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str is serialized.</p>

isSimilar(string $str, float $minPercentForSimilarity): bool

↑ Check if two strings are similar.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $str <p>The string to compare against.</p>
• float $minPercentForSimilarity [optional] <p>The percentage of needed similarity. | Default: 80%</p>

Return:

• bool

isUpperCase(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only lower case chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE: s('FÒÔBÀŘ')->isUpperCase(); // true

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only lower case characters.</p>

isUrl(bool $disallow_localhost): bool

↑ /** Check if $url is an correct url.

Parameters:

• bool $disallow_localhost

Return:

• bool

isUtf8(bool $strict): bool

↑ Checks whether the passed input contains only byte sequences that appear valid UTF-8.

EXAMPLE: s('Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn')->isUtf8(); // true // s("Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn\xA0\xA1")->isUtf8(); // false

Parameters:

• bool $strict <p>Check also if the string is not UTF-16 or UTF-32.</p>

Return:

• bool

isUtf16(): false|int

↑ Check if the string is UTF-16.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• false|int <strong>false</strong> if is't not UTF-16,<br> <strong>1</strong> for UTF-16LE,<br> <strong>2</strong> for UTF-16BE

isUtf32(): false|int

↑ Check if the string is UTF-32.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• false|int <strong>false</strong> if is't not UTF-32,<br> <strong>1</strong> for UTF-32LE,<br> <strong>2</strong> for UTF-32BE

isWhitespace(): bool

↑ Returns true if the string contains only whitespace chars, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str contains only whitespace characters.</p>

jsonSerialize(): string

↑ Returns value which can be serialized by json_encode().

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string The current value of the $str property

kebabCase(): static

↑ Convert the string to kebab-case.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

last(int $n): static

↑ Returns the last $n characters of the string.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->last(3); // 'bàř'

Parameters:

• int $n <p>Number of characters to retrieve from the end.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the last $n chars.</p>

lastSubstringOf(string $needle, bool $beforeNeedle): static

↑ Gets the substring after (or before via "$beforeNeedle") the last occurrence of the "$needle".

If no match is found returns new empty Stringy object.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>The string to look for.</p>
• bool $beforeNeedle [optional] <p>Default: false</p>

Return:

• static

lastSubstringOfIgnoreCase(string $needle, bool $beforeNeedle): static

↑ Gets the substring after (or before via "$beforeNeedle") the last occurrence of the "$needle".

If no match is found returns new empty Stringy object.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>The string to look for.</p>
• bool $beforeNeedle [optional] <p>Default: false</p>

Return:

• static

length(): int

↑ Returns the length of the string.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->length(); // 6

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• int <p>The number of characters in $str given the encoding.</p>

lineWrap(int $limit, string $break, bool $add_final_break, string|null $delimiter): static

↑ Line-Wrap the string after $limit, but also after the next word.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $limit [optional] <p>The column width.</p>
• string $break [optional] <p>The line is broken using the optional break parameter.</p>
• bool $add_final_break [optional] <p> If this flag is true, then the method will add a $break at the end of the result string. </p>
• string|null $delimiter [optional] <p> You can change the default behavior, where we split the string by newline. </p>

Return:

• static

lineWrapAfterWord(int $limit, string $break, bool $add_final_break, string|null $delimiter): static

↑ Line-Wrap the string after $limit, but also after the next word.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $limit [optional] <p>The column width.</p>
• string $break [optional] <p>The line is broken using the optional break parameter.</p>
• bool $add_final_break [optional] <p> If this flag is true, then the method will add a $break at the end of the result string. </p>
• string|null $delimiter [optional] <p> You can change the default behavior, where we split the string by newline. </p>

Return:

• static

lines(): static[]

↑ Splits on newlines and carriage returns, returning an array of Stringy objects corresponding to the lines in the string.

EXAMPLE: s("fòô\r\nbàř\n")->lines(); // ['fòô', 'bàř', '']

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static[] <p>An array of Stringy objects.</p>

linesCollection(): CollectionStringy|static[]

↑ Splits on newlines and carriage returns, returning an array of Stringy objects corresponding to the lines in the string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \CollectionStringy|static[] <p>An collection of Stringy objects.</p>

longestCommonPrefix(string $otherStr): static

↑ Returns the longest common prefix between the string and $otherStr.

EXAMPLE: s('foobar')->longestCommonPrefix('foobaz'); // 'fooba'

Parameters:

• string $otherStr <p>Second string for comparison.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the longest common prefix.</p>

longestCommonSubstring(string $otherStr): static

↑ Returns the longest common substring between the string and $otherStr.

In the case of ties, it returns that which occurs first.

EXAMPLE: s('foobar')->longestCommonSubstring('boofar'); // 'oo'

Parameters:

• string $otherStr <p>Second string for comparison.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the longest common substring.</p>

longestCommonSuffix(string $otherStr): static

↑ Returns the longest common suffix between the string and $otherStr.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->longestCommonSuffix('fòrbàř'); // 'bàř'

Parameters:

• string $otherStr <p>Second string for comparison.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the longest common suffix.</p>

lowerCaseFirst(): static

↑ Converts the first character of the string to lower case.

EXAMPLE: s('Σ Foo')->lowerCaseFirst(); // 'σ Foo'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with the first character of $str being lower case.</p>

matchCaseInsensitive(string|\Stringy $str): bool

↑ Determine if the string matches another string regardless of case.

Alias for isEqualsCaseInsensitive()

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string|\Stringy ...$str <p>The string to compare against.</p>

Return:

• bool

matchCaseSensitive(string|\Stringy $str): bool

↑ Determine if the string matches another string.

Alias for isEqualsCaseSensitive()

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string|\Stringy ...$str <p>The string to compare against.</p>

Return:

• bool

md5(): static

↑ Create a md5 hash from the current string.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

newLineToHtmlBreak(): static

↑ Replace all breaks [
| \r\n | \r | \n | ...] into "
".

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

nth(int $step, int $offset): static

↑ Get every nth character of the string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $step <p>The number of characters to step.</p>
• int $offset [optional] <p>The string offset to start at.</p>

Return:

• static

offsetExists(int $offset): bool

↑ Returns whether or not a character exists at an index. Offsets may be negative to count from the last character in the string. Implements part of the ArrayAccess interface.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $offset <p>The index to check.</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not the index exists.</p>

offsetGet(int $offset): string

↑ Returns the character at the given index. Offsets may be negative to count from the last character in the string. Implements part of the ArrayAccess interface, and throws an OutOfBoundsException if the index does not exist.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $offset <p>The <strong>index</strong> from which to retrieve the char.</p>

Return:

• string <p>The character at the specified index.</p>

offsetSet(int $offset, mixed $value): void

↑ Implements part of the ArrayAccess interface, but throws an exception when called. This maintains the immutability of Stringy objects.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $offset <p>The index of the character.</p>
• mixed $value <p>Value to set.</p>

Return:

• void

offsetUnset(int $offset): void

↑ Implements part of the ArrayAccess interface, but throws an exception when called. This maintains the immutability of Stringy objects.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $offset <p>The index of the character.</p>

Return:

• void

pad(int $length, string $padStr, string $padType): static

↑ Pads the string to a given length with $padStr. If length is less than or equal to the length of the string, no padding takes places. The default string used for padding is a space, and the default type (one of 'left', 'right', 'both') is 'right'. Throws an InvalidArgumentException if $padType isn't one of those 3 values.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->pad(9, '-/', 'left'); // '-/-fòôbàř'

Parameters:

• int $length <p>Desired string length after padding.</p>
• string $padStr [optional] <p>String used to pad, defaults to space. Default: ' '</p>
• string $padType [optional] <p>One of 'left', 'right', 'both'. Default: 'right'</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a padded $str.</p>

padBoth(int $length, string $padStr): static

↑ Returns a new string of a given length such that both sides of the string are padded. Alias for pad() with a $padType of 'both'.

EXAMPLE: s('foo bar')->padBoth(9, ' '); // ' foo bar '

Parameters:

• int $length <p>Desired string length after padding.</p>
• string $padStr [optional] <p>String used to pad, defaults to space. Default: ' '</p>

Return:

• static <p>String with padding applied.</p>

padLeft(int $length, string $padStr): static

↑ Returns a new string of a given length such that the beginning of the string is padded. Alias for pad() with a $padType of 'left'.

EXAMPLE: s('foo bar')->padLeft(9, ' '); // ' foo bar'

Parameters:

• int $length <p>Desired string length after padding.</p>
• string $padStr [optional] <p>String used to pad, defaults to space. Default: ' '</p>

Return:

• static <p>String with left padding.</p>

padRight(int $length, string $padStr): static

↑ Returns a new string of a given length such that the end of the string is padded. Alias for pad() with a $padType of 'right'.

EXAMPLE: s('foo bar')->padRight(10, '*'); // 'foo bar*_'

Parameters:

• int $length <p>Desired string length after padding.</p>
• string $padStr [optional] <p>String used to pad, defaults to space. Default: ' '</p>

Return:

• static <p>String with right padding.</p>

pascalCase(): static

↑ Convert the string to PascalCase.

Alias for studlyCase()

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

prepend(string $prefix): static

↑ Returns a new string starting with $prefix.

EXAMPLE: s('bàř')->prepend('fòô'); // 'fòôbàř'

Parameters:

• string ...$prefix <p>The string to append.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with appended $prefix.</p>

prependStringy(\CollectionStringy|static $prefix): static

↑ Returns a new string starting with $prefix.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• CollectionStringy<int, static>|static ...$prefix <p>The Stringy objects to append.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with appended $prefix.</p>

regexReplace(string $pattern, string $replacement, string $options, string $delimiter): static

↑ Replaces all occurrences of $pattern in $str by $replacement.

EXAMPLE: s('fòô ')->regexReplace('f[òô]+\s', 'bàř'); // 'bàř' s('fò')->regexReplace('(ò)', '\1ô'); // 'fòô'

Parameters:

• string $pattern <p>The regular expression pattern.</p>
• string $replacement <p>The string to replace with.</p>
• string $options [optional] <p>Matching conditions to be used.</p>
• string $delimiter [optional] <p>Delimiter the the regex. Default: '/'</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the result2ing $str after the replacements.</p>

removeHtml(string $allowableTags): static

↑ Remove html via "strip_tags()" from the string.

EXAMPLE: s('řàb <ô>òf\', ô
foo lall')->removeHtml('

'); // 'řàb òf\', ô
foo lall'

Parameters:

• string $allowableTags [optional] <p>You can use the optional second parameter to specify tags which should not be stripped. Default: null </p>

Return:

• static

removeHtmlBreak(string $replacement): static

↑ Remove all breaks [
| \r\n | \r | \n | ...] from the string.

EXAMPLE: s('řàb <ô>òf\', ô
foo lall'

Parameters:

• string $replacement [optional] <p>Default is a empty string.</p>

Return:

• static

removeLeft(string $substring): static

↑ Returns a new string with the prefix $substring removed, if present.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->removeLeft('fòô'); // 'bàř'

Parameters:

• string $substring <p>The prefix to remove.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object having a $str without the prefix $substring.</p>

removeRight(string $substring): static

↑ Returns a new string with the suffix $substring removed, if present.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->removeRight('bàř'); // 'fòô'

Parameters:

• string $substring <p>The suffix to remove.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object having a $str without the suffix $substring.</p>

removeXss(): static

↑ Try to remove all XSS-attacks from the string.

EXAMPLE: s('')->removeXss(); // ''

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

repeat(int $multiplier): static

↑ Returns a repeated string given a multiplier.

EXAMPLE: s('α')->repeat(3); // 'ααα'

Parameters:

• int $multiplier <p>The number of times to repeat the string.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a repeated str.</p>

replace(string $search, string $replacement, bool $caseSensitive): static

↑ Replaces all occurrences of $search in $str by $replacement.

EXAMPLE: s('fòô bàř fòô bàř')->replace('fòô ', ''); // 'bàř bàř'

Parameters:

• string $search <p>The needle to search for.</p>
• string $replacement <p>The string to replace with.</p>
• bool $caseSensitive [optional] <p>Whether or not to enforce case-sensitivity. Default: true</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the replacements.</p>

replaceAll(string[] $search, string|string[] $replacement, bool $caseSensitive): static

↑ Replaces all occurrences of $search in $str by $replacement.

EXAMPLE: s('fòô bàř lall bàř')->replaceAll(['fòÔ ', 'lall'], '', false); // 'bàř bàř'

Parameters:

• string[] $search <p>The elements to search for.</p>
• string|string[] $replacement <p>The string to replace with.</p>
• bool $caseSensitive [optional] <p>Whether or not to enforce case-sensitivity. Default: true</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the replacements.</p>

replaceBeginning(string $search, string $replacement): static

↑ Replaces all occurrences of $search from the beginning of string with $replacement.

EXAMPLE: s('fòô bàř fòô bàř')->replaceBeginning('fòô', ''); // ' bàř bàř'

Parameters:

• string $search <p>The string to search for.</p>
• string $replacement <p>The replacement.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the replacements.</p>

replaceEnding(string $search, string $replacement): static

↑ Replaces all occurrences of $search from the ending of string with $replacement.

EXAMPLE: s('fòô bàř fòô bàř')->replaceEnding('bàř', ''); // 'fòô bàř fòô '

Parameters:

• string $search <p>The string to search for.</p>
• string $replacement <p>The replacement.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the replacements.</p>

replaceFirst(string $search, string $replacement): static

↑ Replaces first occurrences of $search from the beginning of string with $replacement.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $search <p>The string to search for.</p>
• string $replacement <p>The replacement.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the replacements.</p>

replaceLast(string $search, string $replacement): static

↑ Replaces last occurrences of $search from the ending of string with $replacement.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $search <p>The string to search for.</p>
• string $replacement <p>The replacement.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after the replacements.</p>

reverse(): static

↑ Returns a reversed string. A multibyte version of strrev().

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->reverse(); // 'řàbôòf'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with a reversed $str.</p>

safeTruncate(int $length, string $substring, bool $ignoreDoNotSplitWordsForOneWord): static

↑ Truncates the string to a given length, while ensuring that it does not split words. If $substring is provided, and truncating occurs, the string is further truncated so that the substring may be appended without exceeding the desired length.

EXAMPLE: s('What are your plans today?')->safeTruncate(22, '...'); // 'What are your plans...'

Parameters:

• int $length <p>Desired length of the truncated string.</p>
• string $substring [optional] <p>The substring to append if it can fit. Default: ''</p>
• bool $ignoreDoNotSplitWordsForOneWord

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after truncating.</p>

setInternalEncoding(string $new_encoding): static

↑ Set the internal character encoding.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $new_encoding <p>The desired character encoding.</p>

Return:

• static

sha1(): static

↑ Create a sha1 hash from the current string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

sha256(): static

↑ Create a sha256 hash from the current string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

sha512(): static

↑ Create a sha512 hash from the current string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

shortenAfterWord(int $length, string $strAddOn): static

↑ Shorten the string after $length, but also after the next word.

EXAMPLE: s('this is a test')->shortenAfterWord(2, '...'); // 'this...'

Parameters:

• int $length <p>The given length.</p>
• string $strAddOn [optional] <p>Default: '…'</p>

Return:

• static

shuffle(): static

↑ A multibyte string shuffle function. It returns a string with its characters in random order.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->shuffle(); // 'àôřbòf'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with a shuffled $str.</p>

similarity(string $str): float

↑ Calculate the similarity between two strings.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $str <p>The delimiting string.</p>

Return:

• float

slice(int $start, int $end): static

↑ Returns the substring beginning at $start, and up to, but not including the index specified by $end. If $end is omitted, the function extracts the remaining string. If $end is negative, it is computed from the end of the string.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->slice(3, -1); // 'bà'

Parameters:

• int $start <p>Initial index from which to begin extraction.</p>
• int $end [optional] <p>Index at which to end extraction. Default: null</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the extracted substring.</p>

slugify(string $separator, string $language, string[] $replacements, bool $replace_extra_symbols, bool $use_str_to_lower, bool $use_transliterate): static

↑ Converts the string into an URL slug. This includes replacing non-ASCII characters with their closest ASCII equivalents, removing remaining non-ASCII and non-alphanumeric characters, and replacing whitespace with $separator. The separator defaults to a single dash, and the string is also converted to lowercase. The language of the source string can also be supplied for language-specific transliteration.

EXAMPLE: s('Using strings like fòô bàř')->slugify(); // 'using-strings-like-foo-bar'

Parameters:

• string $separator [optional] <p>The string used to replace whitespace.</p>
• ASCII::*_LANGUAGE_CODE $language [optional] <p>Language of the source string.</p>
• array<string, string> $replacements [optional] <p>A map of replaceable strings.</p>
• bool $replace_extra_symbols [optional] <p>Add some more replacements e.g. "£" with " pound ".</p>
• bool $use_str_to_lower [optional] <p>Use "string to lower" for the input.</p>
• bool $use_transliterate [optional] <p>Use ASCII::to_transliterate() for unknown chars.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str has been converted to an URL slug.</p>

snakeCase(): static

↑ Convert the string to snake_case.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

snakeize(): static

↑ Convert a string to snake_case.

EXAMPLE: s('foo1 Bar')->snakeize(); // 'foo_1_bar'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with $str in snake_case.</p>

softWrap(int $width, string $break): static

↑ Wrap the string after the first whitespace character after a given number of characters.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $width <p>Number of characters at which to wrap.</p>
• string $break [optional] <p>Character used to break the string. | Default "\n"</p>

Return:

• static

split(string $pattern, int $limit): static[]

↑ Splits the string with the provided regular expression, returning an array of Stringy objects. An optional integer $limit will truncate the results.

EXAMPLE: s('foo,bar,baz')->split(',', 2); // ['foo', 'bar']

Parameters:

• string $pattern <p>The regex with which to split the string.</p>
• int $limit [optional] <p>Maximum number of results to return. Default: -1 === no limit</p>

Return:

• static[] <p>An array of Stringy objects.</p>

splitCollection(string $pattern, int $limit): CollectionStringy|static[]

↑ Splits the string with the provided regular expression, returning an collection of Stringy objects. An optional integer $limit will truncate the results.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $pattern <p>The regex with which to split the string.</p>
• int $limit [optional] <p>Maximum number of results to return. Default: -1 === no limit</p>

Return:

• \CollectionStringy|static[] <p>An collection of Stringy objects.</p>

startsWith(string $substring, bool $caseSensitive): bool

↑ Returns true if the string begins with $substring, false otherwise. By default, the comparison is case-sensitive, but can be made insensitive by setting $caseSensitive to false.

EXAMPLE: s('FÒÔbàřbaz')->startsWith('fòôbàř', false); // true

Parameters:

• string $substring <p>The substring to look for.</p>
• bool $caseSensitive [optional] <p>Whether or not to enforce case-sensitivity. Default: true</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str starts with $substring.</p>

startsWithAny(string[] $substrings, bool $caseSensitive): bool

↑ Returns true if the string begins with any of $substrings, false otherwise.

By default the comparison is case-sensitive, but can be made insensitive by setting $caseSensitive to false.

EXAMPLE: s('FÒÔbàřbaz')->startsWithAny(['fòô', 'bàř'], false); // true

Parameters:

• string[] $substrings <p>Substrings to look for.</p>
• bool $caseSensitive [optional] <p>Whether or not to enforce case-sensitivity. Default: true</p>

Return:

• bool <p>Whether or not $str starts with $substring.</p>

strip(string|string[] $search): static

↑ Remove one or more strings from the string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string|string[] $search One or more strings to be removed

Return:

• static

stripWhitespace(): static

↑ Strip all whitespace characters. This includes tabs and newline characters, as well as multibyte whitespace such as the thin space and ideographic space.

EXAMPLE: s(' Ο συγγραφέας ')->stripWhitespace(); // 'Οσυγγραφέας'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

stripeCssMediaQueries(): static

↑ Remove css media-queries.

EXAMPLE: s('test @media (min-width:660px){ .des-cla #mv-tiles{width:480px} } test ')->stripeCssMediaQueries(); // 'test test '

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

stripeEmptyHtmlTags(): static

↑ Remove empty html-tag.

EXAMPLE: s('foo

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

studlyCase(): static

↑ Convert the string to StudlyCase.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

substr(int $start, int $length): static

↑ Returns the substring beginning at $start with the specified $length.

It differs from the $this->utf8::substr() function in that providing a $length of null will return the rest of the string, rather than an empty string.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• int $start <p>Position of the first character to use.</p>
• int $length [optional] <p>Maximum number of characters used. Default: null</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with its $str being the substring.</p>

substring(int $start, int $length): static

↑ Return part of the string.

Alias for substr()

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->substring(2, 3); // 'ôbà'

Parameters:

• int $start <p>Starting position of the substring.</p>
• int $length [optional] <p>Length of substring.</p>

Return:

• static

substringOf(string $needle, bool $beforeNeedle): static

↑ Gets the substring after (or before via "$beforeNeedle") the first occurrence of the "$needle".

If no match is found returns new empty Stringy object.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>The string to look for.</p>
• bool $beforeNeedle [optional] <p>Default: false</p>

Return:

• static

substringOfIgnoreCase(string $needle, bool $beforeNeedle): static

↑ Gets the substring after (or before via "$beforeNeedle") the first occurrence of the "$needle".

If no match is found returns new empty Stringy object.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $needle <p>The string to look for.</p>
• bool $beforeNeedle [optional] <p>Default: false</p>

Return:

• static

surround(string $substring): static

↑ Surrounds $str with the given substring.

EXAMPLE: s(' ͜ ')->surround('ʘ'); // 'ʘ ͜ ʘ'

Parameters:

• string $substring <p>The substring to add to both sides.</P>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str had the substring both prepended and appended.</p>

swapCase(): static

↑ Returns a case swapped version of the string.

EXAMPLE: s('Ντανιλ')->swapCase(); // 'νΤΑΝΙΛ'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str has each character's case swapped.</P>

tidy(): static

↑ Returns a string with smart quotes, ellipsis characters, and dashes from Windows-1252 (commonly used in Word documents) replaced by their ASCII equivalents.

EXAMPLE: s('“I see…”')->tidy(); // '"I see..."'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str has those characters removed.</p>

titleize(string[]|null $ignore, string|null $word_define_chars, string|null $language): static

↑ Returns a trimmed string with the first letter of each word capitalized.

Also accepts an array, $ignore, allowing you to list words not to be capitalized.

EXAMPLE: $ignore = ['at', 'by', 'for', 'in', 'of', 'on', 'out', 'to', 'the']; s('i like to watch television')->titleize($ignore); // 'I Like to Watch Television'

Parameters:

• string[]|null $ignore [optional] <p>An array of words not to capitalize or null. Default: null</p>
• string|null $word_define_chars [optional] <p>An string of chars that will be used as whitespace separator === words.</p>
• string|null $language [optional] <p>Language of the source string.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a titleized $str.</p>

titleizeForHumans(string[] $ignore): static

↑ Returns a trimmed string in proper title case: Also accepts an array, $ignore, allowing you to list words not to be capitalized.

EXAMPLE:

Adapted from John Gruber's script.

Parameters:

• string[] $ignore <p>An array of words not to capitalize.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a titleized $str</p>

toAscii(string $language, bool $removeUnsupported): static

↑ Returns an ASCII version of the string. A set of non-ASCII characters are replaced with their closest ASCII counterparts, and the rest are removed by default. The language or locale of the source string can be supplied for language-specific transliteration in any of the following formats: en, en_GB, or en-GB. For example, passing "de" results in "äöü" mapping to "aeoeue" rather than "aou" as in other languages.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->toAscii(); // 'foobar'

Parameters:

• ASCII::*_LANGUAGE_CODE $language [optional] <p>Language of the source string.</p>
• bool $removeUnsupported [optional] <p>Whether or not to remove the unsupported characters.</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str contains only ASCII characters.</p>

toBoolean(): bool

↑ Returns a boolean representation of the given logical string value.

For example, 'true', '1', 'on' and 'yes' will return true. 'false', '0', 'off', and 'no' will return false. In all instances, case is ignored. For other numeric strings, their sign will determine the return value. In addition, blank strings consisting of only whitespace will return false. For all other strings, the return value is a result of a boolean cast.

EXAMPLE: s('OFF')->toBoolean(); // false

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool <p>A boolean value for the string.</p>

toLowerCase(bool $tryToKeepStringLength, string|null $lang): static

↑ Converts all characters in the string to lowercase.

EXAMPLE: s('FÒÔBÀŘ')->toLowerCase(); // 'fòôbàř'

Parameters:

• bool $tryToKeepStringLength [optional] <p>true === try to keep the string length: e.g. ẞ -> ß</p>
• string|null $lang [optional] <p>Set the language for special cases: az, el, lt, tr</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with all characters of $str being lowercase.</p>

toSpaces(int $tabLength): static

↑ Converts each tab in the string to some number of spaces, as defined by $tabLength. By default, each tab is converted to 4 consecutive spaces.

EXAMPLE: s(' String speech = "Hi"')->toSpaces(); // ' String speech = "Hi"'

Parameters:

• int $tabLength [optional] <p>Number of spaces to replace each tab with. Default: 4</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str has had tabs switched to spaces.</p>

toString(): string

↑ Return Stringy object as string, but you can also use (string) for automatically casting the object into a string.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->toString(); // 'fòôbàř'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string

toTabs(int $tabLength): static

↑ Converts each occurrence of some consecutive number of spaces, as defined by $tabLength, to a tab. By default, each 4 consecutive spaces are converted to a tab.

EXAMPLE: s(' fòô bàř')->toTabs(); // ' fòô bàř'

Parameters:

• int $tabLength [optional] <p>Number of spaces to replace with a tab. Default: 4</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str has had spaces switched to tabs.</p>

toTitleCase(): static

↑ Converts the first character of each word in the string to uppercase and all other chars to lowercase.

EXAMPLE: s('fòô bàř')->toTitleCase(); // 'Fòô Bàř'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with all characters of $str being title-cased.</p>

toTransliterate(bool $strict, string $unknown): static

↑ Returns an ASCII version of the string. A set of non-ASCII characters are replaced with their closest ASCII counterparts, and the rest are removed unless instructed otherwise.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• bool $strict [optional] <p>Use "transliterator_transliterate()" from PHP-Intl | WARNING: bad performance | Default: false</p>
• string $unknown [optional] <p>Character use if character unknown. (default is ?)</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str contains only ASCII characters.</p>

toUpperCase(bool $tryToKeepStringLength, string|null $lang): static

↑ Converts all characters in the string to uppercase.

EXAMPLE: s('fòôbàř')->toUpperCase(); // 'FÒÔBÀŘ'

Parameters:

• bool $tryToKeepStringLength [optional] <p>true === try to keep the string length: e.g. ẞ -> ß</p>
• string|null $lang [optional] <p>Set the language for special cases: az, el, lt, tr</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with all characters of $str being uppercase.</p>

trim(string $chars): static

↑ Returns a string with whitespace removed from the start and end of the string. Supports the removal of unicode whitespace. Accepts an optional string of characters to strip instead of the defaults.

EXAMPLE: s(' fòôbàř ')->trim(); // 'fòôbàř'

Parameters:

• string $chars [optional] <p>String of characters to strip. Default: null</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a trimmed $str.</p>

trimLeft(string $chars): static

↑ Returns a string with whitespace removed from the start of the string.

Supports the removal of unicode whitespace. Accepts an optional string of characters to strip instead of the defaults.

EXAMPLE: s(' fòôbàř ')->trimLeft(); // 'fòôbàř '

Parameters:

• string $chars [optional] <p>Optional string of characters to strip. Default: null</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a trimmed $str.</p>

trimRight(string $chars): static

↑ Returns a string with whitespace removed from the end of the string.

Supports the removal of unicode whitespace. Accepts an optional string of characters to strip instead of the defaults.

EXAMPLE: s(' fòôbàř ')->trimRight(); // ' fòôbàř'

Parameters:

• string $chars [optional] <p>Optional string of characters to strip. Default: null</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with a trimmed $str.</p>

truncate(int $length, string $substring): static

↑ Truncates the string to a given length. If $substring is provided, and truncating occurs, the string is further truncated so that the substring may be appended without exceeding the desired length.

EXAMPLE: s('What are your plans today?')->truncate(19, '...'); // 'What are your pl...'

Parameters:

• int $length <p>Desired length of the truncated string.</p>
• string $substring [optional] <p>The substring to append if it can fit. Default: ''</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object with the resulting $str after truncating.</p>

underscored(): static

↑ Returns a lowercase and trimmed string separated by underscores.

Underscores are inserted before uppercase characters (with the exception of the first character of the string), and in place of spaces as well as dashes.

EXAMPLE: s('TestUCase')->underscored(); // 'test_u_case'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with an underscored $str.</p>

upperCamelize(): static

↑ Returns an UpperCamelCase version of the supplied string. It trims surrounding spaces, capitalizes letters following digits, spaces, dashes and underscores, and removes spaces, dashes, underscores.

EXAMPLE: s('Upper Camel-Case')->upperCamelize(); // 'UpperCamelCase'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with $str in UpperCamelCase.</p>

upperCaseFirst(): static

↑ Converts the first character of the supplied string to upper case.

EXAMPLE: s('σ foo')->upperCaseFirst(); // 'Σ foo'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static <p>Object with the first character of $str being upper case.</p>

urlDecode(): static

↑ Simple url-decoding.

e.g: 'test+test' => 'test test'

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

urlDecodeMulti(): static

↑ Multi url-decoding + decode HTML entity + fix urlencoded-win1252-chars.

e.g: 'test+test' => 'test test' 'Düsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%FCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'Düsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%26%23xFC%3Bsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'Düsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%C3%BCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%C3%83%C2%BCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%25C3%2583%25C2%25BCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf'

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

urlDecodeRaw(): static

↑ Simple url-decoding.

e.g: 'test+test' => 'test+test

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

urlDecodeRawMulti(): static

↑ Multi url-decoding + decode HTML entity + fix urlencoded-win1252-chars.

e.g: 'test+test' => 'test+test' 'Düsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%FCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'Düsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%26%23xFC%3Bsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'Düsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%C3%BCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%C3%83%C2%BCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf' 'D%25C3%2583%25C2%25BCsseldorf' => 'Düsseldorf'

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

urlEncode(): static

↑ Simple url-encoding.

e.g: 'test test' => 'test+test'

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

urlEncodeRaw(): static

↑ Simple url-encoding.

e.g: 'test test' => 'test%20test'

EXAMPLE:

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

urlify(string $separator, string $language, string[] $replacements, bool $strToLower): static

↑ Converts the string into an URL slug. This includes replacing non-ASCII characters with their closest ASCII equivalents, removing remaining non-ASCII and non-alphanumeric characters, and replacing whitespace with $separator. The separator defaults to a single dash, and the string is also converted to lowercase.

EXAMPLE: s('Using strings like fòô bàř - 1$')->urlify(); // 'using-strings-like-foo-bar-1-dollar'

Parameters:

• string $separator [optional] <p>The string used to replace whitespace. Default: '-'</p>
• string $language [optional] <p>The language for the url. Default: 'en'</p>
• array<string, string> $replacements [optional] <p>A map of replaceable strings.</p>
• bool $strToLower [optional] <p>string to lower. Default: true</p>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str has been converted to an URL slug.</p>

utf8ify(): static

↑ Converts the string into an valid UTF-8 string.

EXAMPLE: s('Düsseldorf')->utf8ify(); // 'Düsseldorf'

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• static

words(string $char_list, bool $remove_empty_values, int|null $remove_short_values): static[]

↑ Convert a string into an array of words.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $char_list [optional] <p>Additional chars for the definition of "words".</p>
• bool $remove_empty_values [optional] <p>Remove empty values.</p>
• int|null $remove_short_values [optional] <p>The min. string length or null to disable</p>

Return:

• static[]

wordsCollection(string $char_list, bool $remove_empty_values, int|null $remove_short_values): CollectionStringy|static[]

↑ Convert a string into an collection of words.

EXAMPLE: S::create('中文空白 oöäü#s')->wordsCollection('#', true)->toStrings(); // ['中文空白', 'oöäü#s']

Parameters:

• string $char_list [optional] <p>Additional chars for the definition of "words".</p>
• bool $remove_empty_values [optional] <p>Remove empty values.</p>
• int|null $remove_short_values [optional] <p>The min. string length or null to disable</p>

Return:

• \CollectionStringy|static[] <p>An collection of Stringy objects.</p>

wrap(string $substring): static

↑ Surrounds $str with the given substring.

EXAMPLE:

Parameters:

• string $substring <p>The substring to add to both sides.</P>

Return:

• static <p>Object whose $str had the substring both prepended and appended.</p>

Tests

From the project directory, tests can be ran using phpunit

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Thanks

• Thanks to GitHub (Microsoft) for hosting the code and a good infrastructure including Issues-Managment, etc.
• Thanks to IntelliJ as they make the best IDEs for PHP and they gave me an open source license for PhpStorm!
• Thanks to Travis CI for being the most awesome, easiest continous integration tool out there!
• Thanks to StyleCI for the simple but powerfull code style check.
• Thanks to PHPStan && Psalm for relly great Static analysis tools and for discover bugs in the code!

License

Released under the MIT License - see LICENSE.txt for details.