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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. spresnac/laravel-url-helper ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) spresnac/laravel-url-helper =========================== Helping you with URL related problems 0.9.1(3y ago)21.1kMITPHPPHP ^8.1CI failing Since Nov 11Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/spresnac/laravel-url-helper)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/spresnac/laravel-url-helper)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/spresnac)[ Fund](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spresnac)[ RSS](/packages/spresnac-laravel-url-helper/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (18)Used By (0) URL Helper Package ================== [](#url-helper-package) [![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE)[![PHP from Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c3e014fb3f8118ac807c8a75e54248b92da1eb7a44b6d2c12b6bbc9856fd0a0f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f73707265736e61632f6c61726176656c2d75726c2d68656c7065722e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c3e014fb3f8118ac807c8a75e54248b92da1eb7a44b6d2c12b6bbc9856fd0a0f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f73707265736e61632f6c61726176656c2d75726c2d68656c7065722e737667)[![codecov](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bc145afdde83c950704acdf3113f41d12df71596f921150b978b7fd831029952/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f73707265736e61632f6c61726176656c2d75726c2d68656c7065722f6272616e63682f6d61696e2f67726170682f62616467652e7376673f746f6b656e3d36424558353530363242)](https://codecov.io/gh/spresnac/laravel-url-helper)[![CI Status](https://github.com/spresnac/laravel-url-helper/workflows/tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/spresnac/laravel-url-helper/actions) --- Content: ======== [](#content) - [Installation](#installation) - [Usage](#usage) - [Content Helper](#content-helper) - [URL Helper](#url-helper) - [Sitemap Helper](#sitemap-helper) - [Tests](#tests) - [Finally](#finally) --- Installation ============ [](#installation) First things first, so require the package: ``` composer require spresnac/laravel-url-helper ``` --- Usage ===== [](#usage) Content Helper -------------- [](#content-helper) Every time you need to get URLs from some kind of Text or HTML, this class is a helping hand for you. 1. Make an instance of the class 2. Use the constructor or the `setContent` method to put in your content as string. 3. Get your URLs by using one of the following methods. --- ### getContent(): string [](#getcontent-string) This will just the content you put in via constructor or `setContent` method. --- ### getHrefs(): Collection [](#gethrefs-collection) You will retrieve a Collection with only the URLs inside a `href` ``` $content_helper = new ContentHelper('insert HTML here'); $result = $content_helper->getHrefs(); // $result is an Collection with all the hrefs in it. ``` --- ### getHrefsAsArray(): array [](#gethrefsasarray-array) You will retrieve an array with only the URLs inside a `href` ``` $content_helper = new ContentHelper('insert HTML here'); $result = $content_helper->getHrefsAsArray(); // $result is an Collection with all the hrefs in it. ``` --- ### getSrcUrls(): Collection [](#getsrcurls-collection) You will retrieve a collection of urls from `src` sources. ``` $content_helper = new ContentHelper('insert HTML here'); $result = $content_helper->getSrcUrls(); // $result is an Collection with all the src-urls in it. ``` --- ### getLinksFromPlaintext(): Collection [](#getlinksfromplaintext-collection) This method will try to find all the urls in a plaintext string. ``` $content_helper = new ContentHelper('insert some plaintext here'); $result = $content_helper->getLinksFromPlaintext(); // $result is an Collection with all the urls from the plaintext in it. ``` --- ### getAllTheLinks(): Collection [](#getallthelinks-collection) This will execute `getHrefs`, `getSrcUrls` and `getLinksFromPlaintext` and will return a uniqueified collection of all the urls. ``` $content_helper = new ContentHelper('insert some html or plaintext here'); $result = $content_helper->getAllTheLinks(); // $result is an Collection with all the urls. ``` --- URL Helper ---------- [](#url-helper) Some useful helper functions to handle URL related manipulating or info-gatherings. --- ### normalize\_url(string $url): string|false [](#normalize_urlstring-url-stringfalse) Normalizes URL with .. in it and leaves the all oher URL "as is". ``` $url_helper = new URLHelper(); $normalized_url = $url_helper->normalize('https://example.com/my/dir/with/two/../init.html'); // $normalized_url is now https://example.com/my/dir/with/init.html ``` Returns `false` in case of error --- ### build\_url(array $parsed\_url): string [](#build_urlarray-parsed_url-string) This is the missing opposite of `parse_url` to rebuild a url from its parts. ``` $url_helper = new URLHelper(); $parsed_url = parse_url('https://example.com/test/url.php'); $my_url = $url_helper->build_url($parsed_url); ``` --- ### getMainDomainPart(string $url): string [](#getmaindomainpartstring-url-string) This will return the "Main Domain" part of an URL. The "Main Domain" is like the SLD + TLD domain part. ``` $url_helper = new URLHelper(); $main_domain_part = $url_helper->getMainDomainPart('https://www3.example.com/some/url'); // $main_domain_part is now "example.com" ``` --- ### getSubdomainPart(string $url): string [](#getsubdomainpartstring-url-string) This will return the Subdomain part of an URL. ``` $url_helper = new URLHelper(); $sub_domain_part = $url_helper->getMainDomainPart('https://www3.brick.example.com/some/url'); // $sub_domain_part is now "www3.brick" ``` --- Sitemap Helper -------------- [](#sitemap-helper) Handling with web-sitemaps can be handy with some helpers at your side. --- ### process\_input\_from\_string(string $input\_string): Collection [](#process_input_from_stringstring-input_string-collection) Will return all the urls inside a sitemap as Collection ``` $sitemap_helper = new SitemapHelper(); $urls = $sitemap_helper->process_input_from_string('content_of_your_sitemap_as_string'); // $urls are a collection of all the urls found ``` --- ### process\_input\_from\_url(string $input\_url): Collection (0.5+) [](#process_input_from_urlstring-input_url-collection-05) Returns the urls in a sitemap url as Collection ``` $sitemap_helper = new SitemapHelper(); $urls = $sitemap_helper->process_input_from_url('url_to_your_sitemap'); // $urls are a collection of all the urls found ``` --- Tests ===== [](#tests) Simply run ``` composer test-ci ``` or ``` vendor/bin/phpunit ``` --- Finally ======= [](#finally) Be productive 😉 ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 62% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community10 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity62 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 92.1% 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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