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Laravel String Pattern Matching - Laravel 5.5 String Helper Method: "is"
The is helper method in Laravel's Illuminate\Support\Str class checks if a given value matches a given pattern. It returns true if the value matches the pattern and false otherwise. The method does not support traditional regular expressions. Laravel also provides a global str_is helper function that is a shortcut to calling Str::is.
Making Sure Strings Start With a Given Value in Laravel - Laravel 5.5 String Helper Method: start
The start helper method ensures that a given value begins with exactly one occurrence of a prefix. It can be useful for generating absolute URLs from relative paths. The prefix can be any string value. Additionally, there is a global str_start helper function that provides a shortcut for calling Str::start.
Laravel 5.5 String Helper Function: after
Learn how to use the after method in Laravel's Illuminate\Support\Str class to extract a substring after the first occurrence of a specified character. This method is useful for parsing URL query strings or quickly finding substrings based on a certain character. Use the provided signature and example to get started.
Laravel 5.5 String Helper Function: before
The before method in Laravel's Illuminate\Support\Str class allows you to retrieve a portion of a string before the first occurrence of a specified character. It is useful for parsing URL query strings or extracting substrings. For example, Str::before('https://stillat.com?ref=newsletter', '?') would return "https://stillat.com".
Laravel 5.5 String Helper Function: camel_case
The camel method in Laravel's Str class converts a string to camel case, where each word starts with a capitalized letter, except the first character, which is lowercased. It ignores special characters and spaces. The camel_case function is a shorthand for using Str::camel globally.
Laravel 5.5 String Helper Function: studly
Learn how to format text using studly caps in Laravel. Studly caps removes word separators and capitalizes the first letter of each word. See examples of how the studly method works and how it can be used to generate Pascal Cased style strings. Also, find out about the global studly_case helper function that calls the Str::studly method.
Laravel 5.5 String Helper Function: ascii
The ascii helper method converts a string in UTF-8 encoding into its ASCII equivalent. It is useful when communicating with software platforms that require ASCII or complying with formatting protocols. The method accepts a language parameter, and in Laravel 5.5, it supports Bulgarian and German in addition to English. The method can be used by passing a string to it and will return the ASCII representation of that string.
Installing Linguistics for Adobe Brackets
In this guide we are going to look at how to install the Linguistics for Adobe Brackets plugin, an offline as-you-type spell checking plugin. The first step to ...
Building a Simple Statamic Request Addon
In the root directory of your site, issue the following command to have Statamic generate the scaffolding we will need to build our custom tag. This will ...
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