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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. thestringler/manipulator ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) thestringler/manipulator ======================== An OOP approach to string manipulation. v2.2.1(6y ago)345.5k4[1 issues](https://github.com/mattsparks/the-stringler/issues)2MITPHPPHP >=7.0 Since Jun 30Pushed 6y ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/mattsparks/the-stringler)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/thestringler/manipulator)[ RSS](/packages/thestringler-manipulator/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (22)Used By (2) The Stringler ============= [](#the-stringler) A simple class to manipulate strings in an OO way. Inspired by [Spatie's String](https://github.com/spatie/string). Just built this for fun. Hope you like it. Install ------- [](#install) Via composer: ``` composer require thestringler/manipulator ``` Using Laravel? Checkout [The Stringler Laravel Package](https://github.com/mattsparks/the-stringler-laravel). Methods ------- [](#methods) ### append($string) [](#appendstring) ``` Manipulator::make('Freak')->append(' Out!'); // Freak Out! ``` ### camelToSnake [](#cameltosnake) ``` Manipulator::make('camelCase')->camelToSnake(); // camel_case ``` ### camelToClass [](#cameltoclass) ``` Manipulator::make('className')->camelToClass(); // ClassName ``` ### capitalize [](#capitalize) ``` Manipulator::make('hello')->capitalize(); // Hello ``` ### capitalizeEach [](#capitalizeeach) ``` Manipulator::make('i like toast!')->capitalizeEach(); // I Like Toast! ``` ### custom [](#custom) ``` Manipulator::make('Some String')->custom(function ($string) { // This is just a sample, this can be achieved with existing methods, // But you can do whatever string manipulation you want here. return ucfirst(strtolower($string)); }); // Some string ``` ### eachCharacter($closure) [](#eachcharacterclosure) ``` Manipulator::make('hello')->eachCharacter(function($char) { return strtoupper($char); }); // HELLO ``` ### eachWord($closure, $preserveSpaces = false) [](#eachwordclosure-preservespaces--false) ``` Manipulator::make('hello moto')->eachWord(function($word) { return strrev($word); }); // ollehotom Manipulator::make('hello moto')->eachWord(function($word) { return strrev($word); }, true); // olleh otom ``` ### getPossessive [](#getpossessive) ``` Manipulator::make('Bob')->getPossessive(); // Bob's Manipulator::make('Silas')->getPossessive(); // Silas' ``` ### htmlEntities($flags = ENT\_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode = true) [](#htmlentitiesflags--ent_html5-encoding--utf-8-doubleencode--true) ``` Manipulator::make('&')->htmlEntities(); // & ``` ### htmlEntitiesDecode($flags = ENT\_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8') [](#htmlentitiesdecodeflags--ent_html5-encoding--utf-8) ``` Manipulator::make('&')->htmlEntitiesDecode(); // & ``` ### htmlSpecialCharacters($flags = ENT\_HTML5, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode = true) [](#htmlspecialcharactersflags--ent_html5-encoding--utf-8-doubleencode--true) ``` Manipulator::make('&')->htmlSpecialCharacters(); // &<> ``` ### lowercaseFirst [](#lowercasefirst) ``` Manipulator::make('HELLO')->lowercaseFirst(); // hELLO ``` ### make($string) [](#makestring) ``` // Named constructor Manipulator::make('string'); ``` ### pad($length, $string, $type = null) [](#padlength-string-type--null) ``` Manipulator::make('Hello')->pad(2, '!!', STR_PAD_RIGHT); // Hello!! ``` ### prepend($string) [](#prependstring) ``` Manipulator::make('is the one.')->prepend('Neo '); // Neo is the one. ``` ### pluralize($items = null) [](#pluralizeitems--null) ``` Manipulator::make('Potato')->pluralize(); // Potatoes ``` You can optionally pass an array or numeric value to `pluaralize` to determine if the given string should be pluaralized. ``` $dogs = ['Zoe', 'Spot', 'Pickles']; Manipulator::make('Dog')->pluralize($dogs); // Dogs $cats = ['Whiskers']; Manipulator::make('Cat')->pluralize($cats); // Cat ``` ### nthCharacter($nth, $closure) [](#nthcharacternth-closure) ``` Manipulator::make('Wordpress')->nthCharacter(5, function($character) { return mb_strtoupper($character); }); // WordPress ``` ### nthWord($nth, $closure, $preserveSpaces = true) [](#nthwordnth-closure-preservespaces--true) ``` Manipulator::make('Oh hello there!')->nthWord(2, function($word) { return mb_strtoupper($word); }); // Oh HELLO there! ``` ### remove($string, $caseSensitive = true) [](#removestring-casesensitive--true) ``` Manipulator::make('Dog Gone')->remove('Gone'); // Dog ``` ### removeSpecialCharacters($exceptions = \[\]) [](#removespecialcharactersexceptions--) ``` Manipulator::make('Hello!!')->removeSpecialCharacters(); // Hello Manipulator::make('Hello!!')->removeSpecialCharacters(['!']); // Hello!! ``` ### repeat($multiplier = 1) [](#repeatmultiplier--1) ``` Manipulator::make('la')->repeat(3); // lalala ``` ### replace($find, $replace = '', $caseSensitive = true) [](#replacefind-replace---casesensitive--true) ``` Manipulator::make('Pickles are good.')->replace('good', 'terrible'); // Pickles are terrible. ``` ### reverse [](#reverse) ``` Manipulator::make('Whoa!')->reverse(); // !aohW ``` ### snakeToCamel [](#snaketocamel) ``` Manipulator::make('snake_case')->snakeToCamel(); // snakeCase ``` ### snakeToClass [](#snaketoclass) ``` Manipulator::make('class_name')->snakeToClass(); // ClassName ``` ### stripTags($allowed = '') [](#striptagsallowed--) ``` Manipulator::make('Hello')->stripTags(); // Hello ``` ### toCamelCase [](#tocamelcase) ``` Manipulator::make('camel case')->toCamelCase(); // camelCase ``` ### toL33t [](#tol33t) ``` Manipulator::make('Hack The Planet!')->toL33t(); // (-)@{|< +/-/€ |O7@|\|€][! ``` ### toLower [](#tolower) ``` Manipulator::make('LOWER')->toLower(); // lower ``` ### toSlug [](#toslug) ``` Manipulator::make('This is a slug!')->toSlug(); // this-is-a-slug ``` ### toSnakeCase [](#tosnakecase) ``` Manipulator::make('snake case')->toSnakeCase(); // snake_case ``` ### toString [](#tostring) This method just returns the string. ### toUpper [](#toupper) ``` Manipulator::make('upper')->toUpper(); // UPPER ``` ### trim [](#trim) ``` Manipulator::make(' trimmed ')->trim(); // trimmed ``` ### trimBeginning [](#trimbeginning) ``` Manipulator::make(' trimmed')->trimBeginning(); // trimmed ``` ### trimEnd [](#trimend) ``` Manipulator::make('trimmed ')->trimEnd(); // trimmed ``` ### truncate($length = 100, $append = '...') [](#truncatelength--100-append--) ``` Manipulator::make('This is a sentence and will be truncated.')->truncate(10, '...'); // This is a ... ``` ### urlDecode [](#urldecode) ``` Manipulator::make('hello%21')->urlDecode(); // hello! ``` ### urlEncode [](#urlencode) ``` Manipulator::make('hello!')->urlEncode(); // hello%21 ``` Chainable --------- [](#chainable) All of these methods (minus `toString`) can be chained. ``` Manipulator::make('hello')->toUpper()->reverse(); // OLLEH ``` Contribute ---------- [](#contribute) Contributions are very welcome! 1. Follow the [PSR-2 Standard](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-2-coding-style-guide.md) 2. Send a pull request. That's pretty much it! ### Health Score 37 — LowBetter than 83% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity31 Limited adoption so far Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 80% of commits — single point of failure 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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