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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. halpdesk/helpers ActiveLibrary halpdesk/helpers ================ Some array, string and console helper functions 0.9.10(6y ago)1109[1 PRs](https://github.com/halpdesk/php-helpers/pulls)2MITPHPPHP >=7.2.4CI passing Since Jul 17Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/halpdesk/php-helpers)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/halpdesk/helpers)[ RSS](/packages/halpdesk-helpers/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (12)Used By (2) PHP Helper ========== [](#php-helper) This package provides helper functions for strings, arrays, console output and error formatting By halpdesk, 2018-11-29 Installation ------------ [](#installation) `composer require halpdesk/helpers` List of Helpers --------------- [](#list-of-helpers) ### Array helpers [](#array-helpers) ``` /** * This function reads a JSON content string and converts it to an Array * By Halpdesk * * @param String $content The CSV string to convert * @param Boolean $assoc If set to true, the function returns an object instead * @throws Exception Exception with json_last_error from json_decode if any * @return mixed The resulting array or object * */ json_to_array(String $content, $assoc = true) ``` ``` /** * Reads a JSON file and converts it to an Array * * @param String $path Full path to JSON file * @return Array The resulting array * @author Halpdesk * */ json_file_to_array(String $path) ``` ``` /** * Combine two arrays with same keys, last value persists * ignores empty values * * @param Array[] $array The arrays to patch * @return Array The resulting array * @author Halpdesk */ array_patch(...$array) ``` ``` /** * Transforms an array to CSV format * * @param Array $array The arrays to transform * @return string $separator The CSV separator, typically a semicolon or comma * @return string $newLine The newline character, typically "\r\n" for windows, "\n" for linux systems * @author Halpdesk */ array_to_csv(Array $array, String $separator = ';', String $newLine = "\n") ``` ### Array key helpers [](#array-key-helpers) ``` /** * This function changes all keys in an array to camelCase style * * @param String $array The array to change * @return Array The resulting array * @author Halpdesk */ array_keys_to_camel_case(Array $array) ``` ``` /** * This function changes all keys in an array to snake_case style * * @param String $array The array to change * @return Array The resulting array * @author Halpdesk */ array_keys_to_snake_case(Array $array) ``` ``` /** * This function changes all keys first leter to upper case * * @param String $array The array to change * @return Array The resulting array * @author Halpdesk */ array_keys_to_ucfirst(Array $array) ``` ``` /** * This function changes all keys first leter to lower case * * @param String $array The array to change * @return Array The resulting array * @author Halpdesk */ array_keys_to_lcfirst(Array $array) ``` ### Console helpers [](#console-helpers) ``` /** * Console color * Format text with the standard console colors * * Foreground colors: * black, blue, green, cyan, red, purple, brown, light_grey * dark_grey, light_blue, light_green, light_cyan, light_red * light_purple, yellow, white * * Background colors: * black, green, blue, light_grey, red, yellow, magenta, cyan * * @param String $fg The foreground color * @param String $bg The background color * @author Halpdesk */ cc(String $string, String $fg = null, String $bg = null) ``` ``` /** * Display an aray as a JSON in a console (with color support) * (abbreviation `eject` = echo JSON encoded colored text) * * @param Array $arr The arrays to eject * @param int $tabspace Number of spaced in for indentation / tab * @param string $fgKeyColor Text color for the array keys * @param string $fgValueColor Text color for the array values * @param string $bgColor Background color for output * @return void * @author Halpdesk */ eject(Array $arr, int $tabspace = 2, String $fgKeyColor = 'blue', String $fgValueColor = 'brown', $bgColor = null) ``` ``` /** * edd - eject, dump and die * (depends on function eject) * * @param Array $array The Array to dump * @return void * @author Halpdesk */ function edd(Array $array) ``` ``` /** * output - prints a text with color support * (depends on function cc) * * Styles: * info, warn, err * * @param string $message The text to output * @param string $style Three standard stylings to chose from: "info", "warn" or "err" * @param int $indent Indentation * @param bool $returnOnly If set to true the function only returns the text, but does not actually output it * @return string The final message, color encoded * @author Halpdesk */ output(String $message = null, String $style = null, int $indent = 0, bool $returnOnly = false) ``` ``` /** * outputln - output color coded message to a console with a new line * (depends on function output) * * @param string $message The text to output * @param string $style Three standard stylings to chose from: "info", "warn" or "err" * @param int $indent Indentation * @param bool $returnOnly If set to true the function only returns the text, but does not actually output it * @return string The final message, color encoded * @author Halpdesk */ outputln(String $message = null, String $style = null, int $indent = 0, bool $returnOnly = false) ``` ``` /** * od - output and die (i.e. overdose) * (depends on function output) * * @param string $message The text to output * @param string $style Three standard stylings to chose from: "info", "warn" or "err" * @param int $indent Indentation * @param bool $returnOnly If set to true the function only returns the text, but does not actually output it * @return void * @author Halpdesk */ od(String $message = null, String $style = null, int $indent = 0) ``` ### Error helpers [](#error-helpers) ``` /** * get_formatted_trace - get the trace of an exception * depends on Laravel functions * * @param Array $trace The trace stack to format * @param String $basePath If not null, it removes the base path portion for each trace line * @return Array The formatted trace * @author Halpdesk */ get_formatted_trace(Array $trace, String $basePath = null) ``` ``` /** * get_formatted_error - get the error of an exception * * @param Array $trace The trace stack to format * @param String $basePath If not null, it removes the base path portion for each trace line * @param bool $showFile If set to true, show which file * @return Array The formatted trace * @author Halpdesk */ get_formatted_error(Exception $e, String $basePath = null, bool $showFile = true) ``` ### String helpers [](#string-helpers) ``` /** * @param String $string The string to camelCase * @author Halpdesk */ camel_case(String $string) ``` ``` /** * @param String $string The string to snake_case * @author Halpdesk */ snake_case(String $string) ``` ``` /** * replace_foregin_chars - will return a string with foreign characters like å, ä, ö replaced with a, a, o * * There are probably many ways to do this for all characters, but the blow answer does not work for all encodings: * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9720665/how-to-convert-special-characters-to-normal-characters * * @param String $string The string to manipulate * @return String The string with foreign characters replaced * @author Halpdesk */ replace_foreign_chars(String $string) ``` ``` /** * Strips all letters that are not alphanumeric * @param String $string The string to manipulate * @return String The stripped string */ strip_to_alphanumeric(String $string) ``` ``` /** * Checks if string is alphanumeric * @param String $string The string to manipulate * @return bool */ is_alphanumeric(String $string) ``` ### Health Score 33 — LowBetter than 75% of packages Maintenance54 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity50 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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