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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. hedii/helpers AbandonedLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) hedii/helpers ============= A collection of php helper functions 1.1.1(9y ago)41.3k1MITPHP >=7.0 Since Sep 14Compare [ Source](https://github.com/hedii/helpers)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hedii/helpers)[ RSS](/packages/hedii-helpers/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced today READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (1)Versions (4)Used By (1) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8e444ff818020bfa629712ec0ad8308d17fd60f33bc3233a92028728d817f626/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f68656469692f68656c706572732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/hedii/helpers) Helpers ======= [](#helpers) A collection of php helper functions Table of contents ----------------- [](#table-of-contents) - [Table of contents](#table-of-contents) - [Installation](#installation) - [Usage](#usage) - [Available functions](#available-functions) - [Functions description](#functions-description) - [Testing](#testing) - [License](#license) Installation ------------ [](#installation) Install via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md) ``` composer require hedii/helpers ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Available functions [](#available-functions) - [string\_without](#string_without) - [string\_before](#string_before) - [string\_after](#string_after) - [string\_between](#string_between) - [string\_starts\_with](#string_starts_with) - [string\_ends\_with](#string_ends_with) - [string\_length](#string_length) - [string\_is](#string_is) - [string\_contains](#string_contains) - [string\_finish](#string_finish) - [string\_random](#string_random) - [is\_url](#is_url) - [class\_basename](#class_basename) - [is\_windows\_os](#is_windows_os) ### Functions description [](#functions-description) #### `string_without(string $haystack, string $needle)` [](#string_withoutstring-haystack-string-needle) Remove a substring from a string. It returns the original string if the substring is not found. ``` $string = string_without('This is my name', ' is '); // Thismy name $string = string_without('This is my name', 'some string'); // This is my name ``` --- #### `string_before(string $haystack, string $needle)` [](#string_beforestring-haystack-string-needle) Get the string before a delimiter. It returns false if the string does not contains the delimiter. ``` $string = string_before('This is my name', ' name'); // This is my $string = string_before('This is my name', 'some string'); // false ``` --- #### `string_after(string $haystack, string $needle)` [](#string_afterstring-haystack-string-needle) Get the string after a delimiter. It returns false if the string does not contains the delimiter. ``` $string = string_after('This is my name', 'This '); // is my name $string = string_after('This is my name', 'some string'); // false ``` --- #### `string_between(string $haystack, string $needle1, string $needle2)` [](#string_betweenstring-haystack-string-needle1-string-needle2) Get the string between two delimiters. It returns false if the string does not contains the two delimiters. ``` $string = string_between('This is my name', 'This ', ' name'); // is my $string = string_between('This is my name', 'some', ' string'); // false ``` --- #### `string_starts_with(string $haystack, string|array $needles)` [](#string_starts_withstring-haystack-stringarray-needles) Determines if the given string begins with the given value. ``` $value = string_starts_with('This is my name', 'This'); // true ``` --- #### `string_ends_with(string $haystack, string|array $needles)` [](#string_ends_withstring-haystack-stringarray-needles) Determines if the given string ends with the given value. ``` $value = string_ends_with('This is my name', 'name'); // true ``` --- #### `string_length(string $string)` [](#string_lengthstring-string) Get the length of the given string. ``` $length = string_length('abcd'); // 4 ``` --- #### `string_is(string $pattern, string $string)` [](#string_isstring-pattern-string-string) Determines if a given string matches a given pattern. Asterisks may be used to indicate wildcards. ``` $value = string_is('foo*', 'foobar'); // true $value = string_is('baz*', 'foobar'); // false ``` --- #### `string_contains(string $haystack, string|array $needles)` [](#string_containsstring-haystack-stringarray-needles) Determines if the given string contains the given value. ``` $value = string_contains('This is my name', 'my'); // true $value = string_contains('This is my name', ['some string', 'my']); // true ``` --- #### `string_finish(string $string, string $cap)` [](#string_finishstring-string-string-cap) Adds a single instance of the given value to a string. ``` $string = string_finish('this/string', '/'); // this/string/ $string = string_finish('this/string/', '/'); // this/string/ ``` --- #### `string_random(int $length = 32)` [](#string_randomint-length--32) Generates a random string of the specified length. ``` $string = string_random(40); // 6a2531aabec1fda11b0e0d9eaeb17d7ebfe1cdc5 ``` --- #### `is_url(string $string)` [](#is_urlstring-string) Determine if a string is a valid url. ``` is_url('http://example.com'); // true is_url('tel:+1-111-222-333'); // false ``` --- #### `class_basename(string|object $class)` [](#class_basenamestringobject-class) Get the class "basename" of the given object / class. ``` $basename = class_basename(\Hedii\Helpers\HelpersTest); // HelpersTest ``` --- #### `is_windows_os()` [](#is_windows_os) Determine whether the current environment is Windows based. ``` is_window_os(); // false ``` Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` License ------- [](#license) helpers is released under the MIT Licence. See the bundled [LICENSE](https://github.com/hedii/helpers/blob/master/LICENSE.md) file for details. helpers contains some content from Laravel [illuminate/support](https://github.com/illuminate/support) package. See the [LARAVEL LICENSE](https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/master/LICENSE.md) file for details. ### Health Score 29 — LowBetter than 57% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity19 Limited adoption so far Community5 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity60 Established project with proven stability How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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