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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. lukaswhite/string-utilities ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) lukaswhite/string-utilities =========================== Some miscellaneous string utilities for PHP 1.0.0(4y ago)092MITPHPCI failing Since Sep 27Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/lukaswhite/string-utilities)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lukaswhite/string-utilities)[ RSS](/packages/lukaswhite-string-utilities/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (7)Used By (0) String Utilities ================ [](#string-utilities) A few miscellanous PHP string utilities. Strip Punctuation ----------------- [](#strip-punctuation) As the name suggests, the `stripPunctuation()` method strips all punctuation from a string. ``` Strings::stripPunctuation( 'This, is a sentence, with - some - punctuation.' ); // outputs This is a sentence with some punctuation ``` > To avoid the addtional spaces where the dashes have been replaced, see `stripMultipleSpaces()` Strip Multiple Spaces --------------------- [](#strip-multiple-spaces) The `stripMultipleSpaces()` strips multiple spaces: ``` Strings::stripMultipleSpaces( 'This is a string that has some extra spaces' ); // outputs This is a string that has some extra spaces ``` Replace the nth Occurence of a Substring ---------------------------------------- [](#replace-the-nth-occurence-of-a-substring) If you have a string that contains multiple occurences of a given substring, but only want to replace a specific one, use `replaceNth()`. ``` Strings::replaceNth( '0', '1', '0000000000', 5 ); // Outputs 0000100000 ``` Replace All But First Occurence of a Substring ---------------------------------------------- [](#replace-all-but-first-occurence-of-a-substring) If you have a string that contains multiple occurences of a given substring, but want to replace all but the first one then use `replaceAllButFirstOccurence()`. ``` Strings::replaceAllButFirstOccurence( '0', '1', '0000000000' ); // Outputs 0111111111 ``` Random Hex String ----------------- [](#random-hex-string) The `randomHex()` method returns a random hexadecimal number, as a string, to the specified length. ``` Strings::randomHex( 5 ); // Outputs something like de0f42 ``` To force it to be uppercase, pass `true` as the second argument. ``` Strings::randomHex( 5, true ); // Outputs something like DE0F42 ``` Starts With ----------- [](#starts-with) Use `startsWith()` to determine whether a string starts with a specified substring. ``` Strings::startsWith( 'This is a test', 'This' ) // true ``` By default, the method is case sensitive. To make it case-insensitive, pass `false` as a third argument. ``` Strings::startsWith( 'This is a test', 'this', false ) // true ``` Ends With --------- [](#ends-with) Use `endsWith()` to determine whether a string ends with a specified substring. ``` Strings::startsWith( 'This is a test', 'test' ) // true ``` By default, the method is case sensitive. To make it case-insensitive, pass `false` as a third argument. ``` Strings::startsWith( 'This is a test', 'Test', false ) // true ``` Generate an Excerpt ------------------- [](#generate-an-excerpt) To generate an exceprt; as in, trim a string to a specified maximum number of words: ``` $excerpt = Strings::excerpt( $content, 25 ); ``` By default this appends `...` to the end of the string; change this using the optional third argument, for example: ``` $excerpt = Strings::excerpt( $content, 100, 'Read More' ); ``` Alternatively, if you need to limit the length of the excerpt to a specified number of characters: ``` $excerpt = Strings::excerptCharacters( $content, 200 ); ``` ### Health Score 29 — LowBetter than 57% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity9 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 Established project with proven stability 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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