Text handling methods.
array
Default html tags who must not be count for truncate text.
\Transliterator|null
Default transliterator.
string
Default transliterator id string.
Cleans up a Text::insert() formatted string with given $options depending on the 'clean' key in $options. The default method used is text but html is also available. The goal of this function is to replace all whitespace and unneeded markup around placeholders that did not get replaced by Text::insert().
Extracts an excerpt from the text surrounding the phrase with a number of characters on each side determined by radius.
Highlights a given phrase in a text. You can specify any expression in highlighter that may include the \1 expression to include the $phrase found.
Replaces variable placeholders inside a $str with any given $data. Each key in the $data array corresponds to a variable placeholder name in $str.
Returns a string with all spaces converted to dashes (by default), characters transliterated to ASCII characters, and non word characters removed.
Creates a comma separated list where the last two items are joined with 'and', forming natural language.
Tokenizes a string using $separator, ignoring any instance of $separator that appears between $leftBound and $rightBound.
Wraps a complete block of text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.
_removeLastWord(string $text)
Removes the last word from the input text.
string
$text The input text
string
_strlen(string $text, array $options)
Get string length.
html
If true, HTML entities will be handled as decoded characters.trimWidth
If true, the width will return.string
$text The string being checked for length
array
$options An array of options.
int
_substr(string $text, int $start, ?int $length, array $options)
Return part of a string.
html
If true, HTML entities will be handled as decoded characters.trimWidth
If true, will be truncated with specified width.string
$text The input string.
int
$start The position to begin extracting.
int|null
$length The desired length.
array
$options An array of options.
string
_wordWrap(string $text, int $width, string $break, bool $cut)
Unicode aware version of wordwrap as helper method.
string
$text The text to format.
int
$width optional The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.
string
$break optional The line is broken using the optional break parameter. Defaults to '\n'.
bool
$cut optional If the cut is set to true, the string is always wrapped at the specified width.
string
Formatted text.
ascii(array $array)
Converts the decimal value of a multibyte character string to a string
array
$array Array
string
cleanInsert(string $str, array $options)
Cleans up a Text::insert() formatted string with given $options depending on the 'clean' key in $options. The default method used is text but html is also available. The goal of this function is to replace all whitespace and unneeded markup around placeholders that did not get replaced by Text::insert().
string
$str String to clean.
array
$options Options list.
string
excerpt(string $text, string $phrase, int $radius, string $ellipsis)
Extracts an excerpt from the text surrounding the phrase with a number of characters on each side determined by radius.
string
$text String to search the phrase in
string
$phrase Phrase that will be searched for
int
$radius optional The amount of characters that will be returned on each side of the founded phrase
string
$ellipsis optional Ending that will be appended
string
Modified string
getTransliterator()
Get the default transliterator.
\Transliterator|null
Either a Transliterator instance, or null
in case no transliterator has been set yet.
getTransliteratorId()
Get default transliterator identifier string.
string
Transliterator identifier.
highlight(string $text, mixed $phrase, array $options)
Highlights a given phrase in a text. You can specify any expression in highlighter that may include the \1 expression to include the $phrase found.
format
The piece of HTML with that the phrase will be highlightedhtml
If true, will ignore any HTML tags, ensuring that only the correct text is highlightedregex
A custom regex rule that is used to match words, default is '|$tag|iu'limit
A limit, optional, defaults to -1 (none)string
$text Text to search the phrase in.
string|array
$phrase The phrase or phrases that will be searched.
array
$options optional An array of HTML attributes and options.
string
The highlighted text
insert(string $str, array $data, array $options)
Replaces variable placeholders inside a $str with any given $data. Each key in the $data array corresponds to a variable placeholder name in $str.
Example:
Text::insert(':name is :age years old.', ['name' => 'Bob', 'age' => '65']);
Returns: Bob is 65 years old.
Available $options are:
:
)\
)/(?<!\\)\:%s/
(Overwrites before, after, breaks escape / clean)string
$str A string containing variable placeholders
array
$data A key => val array where each key stands for a placeholder variable name to be replaced with val
array
$options optional An array of options, see description above
string
isMultibyte(string $string)
Check if the string contain multibyte characters
string
$string value to test
bool
parseFileSize(string $size, mixed $default)
Converts filesize from human readable string to bytes
string
$size Size in human readable string like '5MB', '5M', '500B', '50kb' etc.
mixed
$default optional Value to be returned when invalid size was used, for example 'Unknown type'
mixed
Number of bytes as integer on success, $default
on failure if not false
InvalidArgumentException
setTransliterator(\Transliterator $transliterator)
Set the default transliterator.
\Transliterator
$transliterator A Transliterator
instance.
setTransliteratorId(string $transliteratorId)
Set default transliterator identifier string.
string
$transliteratorId Transliterator identifier.
slug(string $string, mixed $options)
Returns a string with all spaces converted to dashes (by default), characters transliterated to ASCII characters, and non word characters removed.
replacement
: Replacement string. Default '-'.transliteratorId
: A valid transliterator id string. If null
(default) the transliterator (identifier) set via setTransliteratorId()
or setTransliterator()
will be used. If false
no transliteration will be done, only non words will be removed.preserve
: Specific non-word character to preserve. Default null
. For e.g. this option can be set to '.' to generate clean file names.string
$string the string you want to slug
array|string
$options optional If string it will be use as replacement character or an array of options.
string
tail(string $text, int $length, array $options)
Truncates text starting from the end.
Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the first characters with the ellipsis if the text is longer than length.
ellipsis
Will be used as beginning and prepended to the trimmed stringexact
If false, $text will not be cut mid-wordstring
$text String to truncate.
int
$length optional Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
array
$options optional An array of options.
string
Trimmed string.
toList(array $list, ?string $and, string $separator)
Creates a comma separated list where the last two items are joined with 'and', forming natural language.
string[]
$list The list to be joined.
string|null
$and optional The word used to join the last and second last items together with. Defaults to 'and'.
string
$separator optional The separator used to join all the other items together. Defaults to ', '.
string
The glued together string.
tokenize(string $data, string $separator, string $leftBound, string $rightBound)
Tokenizes a string using $separator, ignoring any instance of $separator that appears between $leftBound and $rightBound.
string
$data The data to tokenize.
string
$separator optional The token to split the data on.
string
$leftBound optional The left boundary to ignore separators in.
string
$rightBound optional The right boundary to ignore separators in.
string[]
Array of tokens in $data.
transliterate(string $string, mixed $transliterator)
Transliterate string.
string
$string String to transliterate.
\Transliterator|string|null
$transliterator optional Either a Transliterator instance, or a transliterator identifier string. If null
, the default transliterator (identifier) set via setTransliteratorId()
or setTransliterator()
will be used.
string
truncate(string $text, int $length, array $options)
Truncates text.
Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the last characters with the ellipsis if the text is longer than length.
ellipsis
Will be used as ending and appended to the trimmed stringexact
If false, $text will not be cut mid-wordhtml
If true, HTML tags would be handled correctlytrimWidth
If true, $text will be truncated with the widthstring
$text String to truncate.
int
$length optional Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
array
$options optional An array of HTML attributes and options.
string
Trimmed string.
truncateByWidth(string $text, int $length, array $options)
Truncate text with specified width.
string
$text String to truncate.
int
$length optional Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
array
$options optional An array of HTML attributes and options.
string
Trimmed string.
utf8(string $string)
Converts a multibyte character string to the decimal value of the character
string
$string String to convert.
array
uuid()
Generate a random UUID version 4
Warning: This method should not be used as a random seed for any cryptographic operations. Instead you should use the openssl or mcrypt extensions.
It should also not be used to create identifiers that have security implications, such as 'unguessable' URL identifiers. Instead you should use Security::randomBytes()
for that.
string
RFC 4122 UUID
wordWrap(string $text, int $width, string $break, bool $cut)
Unicode and newline aware version of wordwrap.
string
$text The text to format.
int
$width optional The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.
string
$break optional The line is broken using the optional break parameter. Defaults to '\n'.
bool
$cut optional If the cut is set to true, the string is always wrapped at the specified width.
string
Formatted text.
wrap(string $text, mixed $options)
Wraps text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.
width
The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.wordWrap
Only wrap on words breaks (spaces) Defaults to true.indent
String to indent with. Defaults to null.indentAt
0 based index to start indenting at. Defaults to 0.string
$text The text to format.
array|int
$options optional Array of options to use, or an integer to wrap the text to.
string
Formatted text.
wrapBlock(string $text, mixed $options)
Wraps a complete block of text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.
width
The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.wordWrap
Only wrap on words breaks (spaces) Defaults to true.indent
String to indent with. Defaults to null.indentAt
0 based index to start indenting at. Defaults to 0.string
$text The text to format.
array|int
$options optional Array of options to use, or an integer to wrap the text to.
string
Formatted text.
Default html tags who must not be count for truncate text.
array
Default transliterator.
\Transliterator|null
Default transliterator id string.
string
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