String Utility

Collection of string helpers.

class StringUtility

Fully qualified name: \Jar\Utilities\Utilities\StringUtility

crop ( $value, int $maxCharacters = 150)

Crops a string.

param string $value: The string to crop.
param int $maxCharacters: Length of cropping.

Example:

var_dump(StringUtility::crop('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.', 20));
// 'Lorem ipsum dolor...'

// Respects also crops in Tags
var_dump(StringUtility::crop('<h1>Lorem ipsum dolor sit.</h1>', 20));
// '<h1>Lorem ipsum dolor...</h1>'

Returns: The cropped string.

ripTags ( $string)

Same as "strip_tags" but leaves spaces at the position of removed tags.

param string $string: The string to strip.

Example:

var_dump(strip_tags('<span>Hello</span><span>World</span>'));
// 'HelloWorld'

var_dump(StringUtility::ripTags('<span>Hello</span><span>World</span>'));
// 'Hello World'

Returns: The stripped string.

fastSanitize ( $string, $toLowerCase = true)

Simple sanitizing of strings, no complex handling of umlauts like "äöü".

param string $string: The string to sanitize.
param bool $toLowerCase: Should the string converted to lower case?

Example:

var_dump(StringUtility::fastSanitize('Über wie viele Brücken musst du gehen?', true));
// 'ber_wie_viele_br_cken_musst_du_gehen'

var_dump(StringUtility::fastSanitize('Über wie viele Brücken musst du gehen?', false));
// 'ber_wie_viele_Br_cken_musst_du_gehen'

Returns: The sanitized string.

sanitize ( $string, $toLowerCase = true)

More complex sanitizing of strings, also handles of umlauts like "äöü".

param string $string: The string to sanitize.
param bool $toLowerCase: Should the string converted to lower case?

Example:

var_dump(StringUtility::sanitize('Über wie viele Brücken musst du gehen?', true));
// 'ueber_wie_viele_bruecken_musst_du_gehen'

var_dump(StringUtility::sanitize('Über wie viele Brücken musst du gehen?', false));
// 'UEber_wie_viele_Bruecken_musst_du_gehen'

Returns: The sanitized string.