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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. thestringler-laravel/manipulator ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) thestringler-laravel/manipulator ================================ A Laravel package for The Stringler v1.1.0(9y ago)315.1k8[1 issues](https://github.com/mattsparks/the-stringler-laravel/issues)MITPHP Since Jul 15Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/mattsparks/the-stringler-laravel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/thestringler-laravel/manipulator)[ RSS](/packages/thestringler-laravel-manipulator/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (1)Versions (5)Used By (0) The Stringler Laravel Package ============================= [](#the-stringler-laravel-package) A Laravel package for [The Stringler](https://github.com/mattsparks/the-stringler), a string manipulation class. Install ------- [](#install) Compsoser: ``` composer require thestringler-laravel/manipulator ``` After composer has done its thing, add the package service provider to the array in `/config/app.php`: ``` TheStringlerLaravel\Manipulator\ManipulatorServiceProvider::class ``` Then add the facade to the aliases array, also in `config/app.php`: ``` 'Manipulator' => TheStringlerLaravel\Manipulator\ManipulatorFacade::class, ``` Helper function: ``` $string = manipulate('hello')->toUpper(); ``` Methods ------- [](#methods) ### append($string) [](#appendstring) ``` manipulate('Freak')->append(' Out!'); // Freak Out! ``` ### camelToSnake [](#cameltosnake) ``` manipulate('camelCase')->camelToSnake(); // camel_case ``` ### camelToClass [](#cameltoclass) ``` manipulate('className')->camelToClass(); // ClassName ``` ### capitalize [](#capitalize) ``` manipulate('hello')->capitalize(); // Hello ``` ### capitalizeEach [](#capitalizeeach) ``` manipulate('i like toast!')->capitalizeEach(); // I Like Toast! ``` ### eachCharacter($closure) [](#eachcharacterclosure) ``` manipulate('hello')->eachCharacter(function($char) { return strtoupper($char); }); // HELLO ``` ### eachWord($closure, $preserveSpaces = false) [](#eachwordclosure-preservespaces--false) ``` manipulate('hello moto')->eachWord(function($word) { return strrev($word); }); // ollehotom manipulate('hello moto')->eachWord(function($word) { return strrev($word); }, true); // olleh otom ``` ### getPossessive [](#getpossessive) ``` manipulate('Bob')->getPossessive(); // Bob's manipulate('Silas')->getPossessive(); // Silas' ``` ### htmlEntities($flags = ENT\_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode = true) [](#htmlentitiesflags--ent_html5-encoding--utf-8-doubleencode--true) ``` manipulate('&')->htmlEntities(); // & ``` ### htmlEntitiesDecode($flags = ENT\_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8') [](#htmlentitiesdecodeflags--ent_html5-encoding--utf-8) ``` manipulate('&')->htmlEntitiesDecode(); // & ``` ### htmlSpecialCharacters($flags = ENT\_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode = true) [](#htmlspecialcharactersflags--ent_html5-encoding--utf-8-doubleencode--true) ``` manipulate('&')->htmlSpecialCharacters(); // &<> ``` ### lowercaseFirst [](#lowercasefirst) ``` manipulate('HELLO')->lowercaseFirst(); // hELLO ``` ### pad($length, $string, $type = null) [](#padlength-string-type--null) ``` manipulate('Hello')->pad(2, '!!', STR_PAD_RIGHT); // Hello!! ``` ### prepend($string) [](#prependstring) ``` manipulate('is the one.')->prepend('Neo '); // Neo is the one. ``` ### pluralize($items = null) [](#pluralizeitems--null) ``` manipulate('Potato')->pluralize(); // Potatoes ``` You can optionally pass an array or numeric value to `pluaralize` to determine if the given string should be pluaralized. ``` $dogs = ['Zoe', 'Spot', 'Pickles']; manipulate('Dog')->pluralize($dogs); // Dogs $cats = ['Whiskers']; manipulate('Cat')->pluralize($cats); // Cat ``` ### nthCharacter($nth, $closure) [](#nthcharacternth-closure) ``` manipulate('Wordpress')->nthCharacter(5, function($character) { return mb_strtoupper($character); }); // WordPress ``` ### nthWord($nth, $closure, $preserveSpaces = true) [](#nthwordnth-closure-preservespaces--true) ``` manipulate('Oh hello there!')->nthWord(2, function($word) { return mb_strtoupper($word); }); // Oh HELLO there! ``` ### remove($string, $caseSensitive = true) [](#removestring-casesensitive--true) ``` manipulate('Dog Gone')->remove('Gone'); // Dog ``` ### removeSpecialCharacters($exceptions = \[\]) [](#removespecialcharactersexceptions--) ``` manipulate('Hello!!')->removeSpecialCharacters(); // Hello manipulate('Hello!!')->removeSpecialCharacters(['!']); // Hello!! ``` ### repeat($multiplier = 1) [](#repeatmultiplier--1) ``` manipulate('la')->repeat(3); // lalala ``` ### replace($find, $replace = '', $caseSensitive = true) [](#replacefind-replace---casesensitive--true) ``` manipulate('Pickles are good.')->replace('good', 'terrible'); // Pickles are terrible. ``` ### reverse [](#reverse) ``` manipulate('Whoa!')->reverse(); // !aohW ``` ### snakeToCamel [](#snaketocamel) ``` manipulate('snake_case')->snakeToCamel(); // snakeCase ``` ### snakeToClass [](#snaketoclass) ``` manipulate('class_name')->snakeToClass(); // ClassName ``` ### stripTags($allowed = '') [](#striptagsallowed--) ``` manipulate('Hello')->stripTags(); // Hello ``` ### toCamelCase [](#tocamelcase) ``` manipulate('camel case')->toCamelCase(); // camelCase ``` ### toL33t [](#tol33t) ``` manipulate('Hack The Planet!')->toL33t(); // (-)@{|< +/-/€ |O7@|\|€][! ``` ### toLower [](#tolower) ``` manipulate('LOWER')->toLower(); // lower ``` ### toSlug [](#toslug) ``` manipulate('This is a slug!')->toSlug(); // this-is-a-slug ``` ### toSnakeCase [](#tosnakecase) ``` manipulate('snake case')->toSnakeCase(); // snake_case ``` ### toString [](#tostring) This method just returns the string. ### toUpper [](#toupper) ``` manipulate('upper')->toUpper(); // UPPER ``` ### trim [](#trim) ``` manipulate(' trimmed ')->trim(); // trimmed ``` ### trimBeginning [](#trimbeginning) ``` manipulate(' trimmed')->trimBeginning(); // trimmed ``` ### trimEnd [](#trimend) ``` manipulate('trimmed ')->trimEnd(); // trimmed ``` ### truncate($length = 100, $append = '...') [](#truncatelength--100-append--) ``` manipulate('This is a sentence and will be truncated.')->truncate(10, '...'); // This is a ... ``` ### urlDecode [](#urldecode) ``` manipulate('hello%21')->urlDecode(); // hello! ``` ### urlEncode [](#urlencode) ``` manipulate('hello!')->urlEncode(); // hello%21 ``` Chainable --------- [](#chainable) All of these methods (minus `toString`) can be chained. ``` manipulate('hello')->toUpper()->reverse(); // OLLEH ``` ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 79% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity32 Limited adoption so far Community13 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 94.1% 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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