Laravel 5 String Helpers: ends_with global helper

The endsWith is used to check if a given $haystack ends with any of the supplied $needles. The $haystack is any value that can be cast into a string, and $needles is any value that can be cast into an array. If the $haystack ends with any of the $needles, the method returns true. Otherwise, it returns false.

#Signature

The signature of the endsWith method is:

1public static endsWith(
2        $haystack,
3        $needles
4    );

#Example Use

 1use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 2
 3// true
 4Str::endsWith('A simple sentence.', '.');
 5
 6// false
 7Str::endsWith('No punctuation here', '.');
 8
 9// false
10Str::endsWith('Case matters', 'S');
11
12// true
13Str::endsWith('CASE STILL MATTERS', 'S');

We can combine this with PHP's built in range function for a simple way to check if a string ends in any alphabetical character:

 1use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 2
 3// First, let's build our alphabet string.
 4$alphabet = array_merge(range('a', 'z'), range('A', 'Z'));
 5
 6// true
 7Str::endsWith('This is a simple string', $alphabet);
 8
 9// false
10Str::endsWith('This ends the number 2', $alphabet);

#Global ends_with Helper Function

The ends_with function is a shortcut to calling Str::endsWith. This function is declared in the global namespace.

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