Introduction
Laravel includes a variety of functions for manipulating string values. Many of these functions are used by the framework itself; however, you are free to use them in your own applications if you find them convenient.
Available Methods
Strings
Fluent Strings
Strings
__()
The __
function translates the given translation string
or translation key using your language
files:
echo __('Welcome to our application');
echo __('messages.welcome');
If the specified translation string or key does not exist, the
__
function will return the given value. So, using the
example above, the __
function would return
messages.welcome
if that translation key does not
exist.
class_basename()
The class_basename
function returns the class name of
the given class with the class's namespace removed:
$class = class_basename('Foo\Bar\Baz');
// Baz
e()
The e
function runs PHP's htmlspecialchars
function with the double_encode
option set to
true
by default:
echo e('<html>foo</html>');
// <html>foo</html>
preg_replace_array()
The preg_replace_array
function replaces a given pattern
in the string sequentially using an array:
$string = 'The event will take place between :start and :end';
$replaced = preg_replace_array('/:[a-z_]+/', ['8:30', '9:00'], $string);
// The event will take place between 8:30 and 9:00
Str::after()
The Str::after
method returns everything after the given
value in a string. The entire string will be returned if the value does
not exist within the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::after('This is my name', 'This is');
// ' my name'
Str::afterLast()
The Str::afterLast
method returns everything after the
last occurrence of the given value in a string. The entire string will
be returned if the value does not exist within the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::afterLast('App\Http\Controllers\Controller', '\\');
// 'Controller'
Str::ascii()
The Str::ascii
method will attempt to transliterate the
string into an ASCII value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::ascii('û');
// 'u'
Str::before()
The Str::before
method returns everything before the
given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::before('This is my name', 'my name');
// 'This is '
Str::beforeLast()
The Str::beforeLast
method returns everything before the
last occurrence of the given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::beforeLast('This is my name', 'is');
// 'This '
Str::between()
The Str::between
method returns the portion of a string
between two values:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::between('This is my name', 'This', 'name');
// ' is my '
Str::betweenFirst()
The Str::betweenFirst
method returns the smallest
possible portion of a string between two values:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::betweenFirst('[a] bc [d]', '[', ']');
// 'a'
Str::camel()
The Str::camel
method converts the given string to
camelCase
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::camel('foo_bar');
// fooBar
Str::contains()
The Str::contains
method determines if the given string
contains the given value. This method is case sensitive:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$contains = Str::contains('This is my name', 'my');
// true
You may also pass an array of values to determine if the given string contains any of the values in the array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$contains = Str::contains('This is my name', ['my', 'foo']);
// true
Str::containsAll()
The Str::containsAll
method determines if the given
string contains all of the values in a given array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$containsAll = Str::containsAll('This is my name', ['my', 'name']);
// true
Str::endsWith()
The Str::endsWith
method determines if the given string
ends with the given value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::endsWith('This is my name', 'name');
// true
You may also pass an array of values to determine if the given string ends with any of the values in the array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::endsWith('This is my name', ['name', 'foo']);
// true
$result = Str::endsWith('This is my name', ['this', 'foo']);
// false
Str::excerpt()
The Str::excerpt
method extracts an excerpt from a given
string that matches the first instance of a phrase within that
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$excerpt = Str::excerpt('This is my name', 'my', [
'radius' => 3
]);
// '...is my na...'
The radius
option, which defaults to 100
,
allows you to define the number of characters that should appear on each
side of the truncated string.
In addition, you may use the omission
option to define
the string that will be prepended and appended to the truncated
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$excerpt = Str::excerpt('This is my name', 'name', [
'radius' => 3,
'omission' => '(...) '
]);
// '(...) my name'
Str::finish()
The Str::finish
method adds a single instance of the
given value to a string if it does not already end with that value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$adjusted = Str::finish('this/string', '/');
// this/string/
$adjusted = Str::finish('this/string/', '/');
// this/string/
Str::headline()
The Str::headline
method will convert strings delimited
by casing, hyphens, or underscores into a space delimited string with
each word's first letter capitalized:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$headline = Str::headline('steve_jobs');
// Steve Jobs
$headline = Str::headline('EmailNotificationSent');
// Email Notification Sent
Str::inlineMarkdown()
The Str::inlineMarkdown
method converts GitHub flavored
Markdown into inline HTML using CommonMark. However,
unlike the markdown
method, it does not wrap all generated
HTML in a block-level element:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$html = Str::inlineMarkdown('**Laravel**');
// <strong>Laravel</strong>
Str::is()
The Str::is
method determines if a given string matches
a given pattern. Asterisks may be used as wildcard values:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$matches = Str::is('foo*', 'foobar');
// true
$matches = Str::is('baz*', 'foobar');
// false
Str::isAscii()
The Str::isAscii
method determines if a given string is
7 bit ASCII:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$isAscii = Str::isAscii('Taylor');
// true
$isAscii = Str::isAscii('ü');
// false
Str::isJson()
The Str::isJson
method determines if the given string is
valid JSON:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::isJson('[1,2,3]');
// true
$result = Str::isJson('{"first": "John", "last": "Doe"}');
// true
$result = Str::isJson('{first: "John", last: "Doe"}');
// false
Str::isUrl()
The Str::isUrl
method determines if the given string is
a valid URL:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$isUrl = Str::isUrl('http://example.com');
// true
$isUrl = Str::isUrl('laravel');
// false
Str::isUlid()
The Str::isUlid
method determines if the given string is
a valid ULID:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$isUlid = Str::isUlid('01gd6r360bp37zj17nxb55yv40');
// true
$isUlid = Str::isUlid('laravel');
// false
Str::isUuid()
The Str::isUuid
method determines if the given string is
a valid UUID:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$isUuid = Str::isUuid('a0a2a2d2-0b87-4a18-83f2-2529882be2de');
// true
$isUuid = Str::isUuid('laravel');
// false
Str::kebab()
The Str::kebab
method converts the given string to
kebab-case
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::kebab('fooBar');
// foo-bar
Str::lcfirst()
The Str::lcfirst
method returns the given string with
the first character lowercased:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::lcfirst('Foo Bar');
// foo Bar
Str::length()
The Str::length
method returns the length of the given
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$length = Str::length('Laravel');
// 7
Str::limit()
The Str::limit
method truncates the given string to the
specified length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$truncated = Str::limit('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', 20);
// The quick brown fox...
You may pass a third argument to the method to change the string that will be appended to the end of the truncated string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$truncated = Str::limit('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', 20, ' (...)');
// The quick brown fox (...)
Str::lower()
The Str::lower
method converts the given string to
lowercase:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::lower('LARAVEL');
// laravel
Str::markdown()
The Str::markdown
method converts GitHub flavored
Markdown into HTML using CommonMark:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$html = Str::markdown('# Laravel');
// <h1>Laravel</h1>
$html = Str::markdown('# Taylor <b>Otwell</b>', [
'html_input' => 'strip',
]);
// <h1>Taylor Otwell</h1>
Str::mask()
The Str::mask
method masks a portion of a string with a
repeated character, and may be used to obfuscate segments of strings
such as email addresses and phone numbers:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::mask('taylor@example.com', '*', 3);
// tay***************
If needed, you provide a negative number as the third argument to the
mask
method, which will instruct the method to begin
masking at the given distance from the end of the string:
$string = Str::mask('taylor@example.com', '*', -15, 3);
// tay***@example.com
Str::orderedUuid()
The Str::orderedUuid
method generates a "timestamp
first" UUID that may be efficiently stored in an indexed database
column. Each UUID that is generated using this method will be sorted
after UUIDs previously generated using the method:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
return (string) Str::orderedUuid();
Str::padBoth()
The Str::padBoth
method wraps PHP's str_pad
function, padding both sides of a string with another string until the
final string reaches a desired length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::padBoth('James', 10, '_');
// '__James___'
$padded = Str::padBoth('James', 10);
// ' James '
Str::padLeft()
The Str::padLeft
method wraps PHP's str_pad
function, padding the left side of a string with another string until
the final string reaches a desired length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::padLeft('James', 10, '-=');
// '-=-=-James'
$padded = Str::padLeft('James', 10);
// ' James'
Str::padRight()
The Str::padRight
method wraps PHP's
str_pad
function, padding the right side of a string with
another string until the final string reaches a desired length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::padRight('James', 10, '-');
// 'James-----'
$padded = Str::padRight('James', 10);
// 'James '
Str::password()
The Str::password
method may be used to generate a
secure, random password of a given length. The password will consist of
a combination of letters, numbers, symbols, and spaces. By default,
passwords are 32 characters long:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$password = Str::password();
// 'EbJo2vE-AS:U,$%_gkrV4n,q~1xy/-_4'
$password = Str::password(12);
// 'qwuar>#V|i]N'
Str::plural()
The Str::plural
method converts a singular word string
to its plural form. This function supports any of the languages
support by Laravel's pluralizer:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$plural = Str::plural('car');
// cars
$plural = Str::plural('child');
// children
You may provide an integer as a second argument to the function to retrieve the singular or plural form of the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$plural = Str::plural('child', 2);
// children
$singular = Str::plural('child', 1);
// child
Str::pluralStudly()
The Str::pluralStudly
method converts a singular word
string formatted in studly caps case to its plural form. This function
supports any of the
languages support by Laravel's pluralizer:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$plural = Str::pluralStudly('VerifiedHuman');
// VerifiedHumans
$plural = Str::pluralStudly('UserFeedback');
// UserFeedback
You may provide an integer as a second argument to the function to retrieve the singular or plural form of the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$plural = Str::pluralStudly('VerifiedHuman', 2);
// VerifiedHumans
$singular = Str::pluralStudly('VerifiedHuman', 1);
// VerifiedHuman
Str::random()
The Str::random
method generates a random string of the
specified length. This function uses PHP's random_bytes
function:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$random = Str::random(40);
Str::remove()
The Str::remove
method removes the given value or array
of values from the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.';
$removed = Str::remove('e', $string);
// Ptr Pipr pickd a pck of pickld ppprs.
You may also pass false
as a third argument to the
remove
method to ignore case when removing strings.
Str::repeat()
The Str::repeat
method repeats the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = 'a';
$repeat = Str::repeat($string, 5);
// aaaaa
Str::replace()
The Str::replace
method replaces a given string within
the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = 'Laravel 8.x';
$replaced = Str::replace('8.x', '9.x', $string);
// Laravel 9.x
The replace
method also accepts a
caseSensitive
argument. By default, the
replace
method is case sensitive:
Str::replace('Framework', 'Laravel', caseSensitive: false);
Str::replaceArray()
The Str::replaceArray
method replaces a given value in
the string sequentially using an array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = 'The event will take place between ? and ?';
$replaced = Str::replaceArray('?', ['8:30', '9:00'], $string);
// The event will take place between 8:30 and 9:00
Str::replaceFirst()
The Str::replaceFirst
method replaces the first
occurrence of a given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::replaceFirst('the', 'a', 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
// a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Str::replaceLast()
The Str::replaceLast
method replaces the last occurrence
of a given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::replaceLast('the', 'a', 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
// the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
Str::replaceStart()
The Str::replaceStart
method replaces the first
occurrence of the given value only if the value appears at the start of
the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::replaceStart('Hello', 'Laravel', 'Hello World');
// Laravel World
$replaced = Str::replaceStart('World', 'Laravel', 'Hello World');
// Hello World
Str::replaceEnd()
The Str::replaceEnd
method replaces the last occurrence
of the given value only if the value appears at the end of the
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::replaceEnd('World', 'Laravel', 'Hello World');
// Hello Laravel
$replaced = Str::replaceEnd('Hello', 'Laravel', 'Hello World');
// Hello World
Str::reverse()
The Str::reverse
method reverses the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$reversed = Str::reverse('Hello World');
// dlroW olleH
Str::singular()
The Str::singular
method converts a string to its
singular form. This function supports any of the languages
support by Laravel's pluralizer:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$singular = Str::singular('cars');
// car
$singular = Str::singular('children');
// child
Str::slug()
The Str::slug
method generates a URL friendly "slug"
from the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slug = Str::slug('Laravel 5 Framework', '-');
// laravel-5-framework
Str::snake()
The Str::snake
method converts the given string to
snake_case
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::snake('fooBar');
// foo_bar
$converted = Str::snake('fooBar', '-');
// foo-bar
Str::squish()
The Str::squish
method removes all extraneous white
space from a string, including extraneous white space between words:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::squish(' laravel framework ');
// laravel framework
Str::start()
The Str::start
method adds a single instance of the
given value to a string if it does not already start with that
value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$adjusted = Str::start('this/string', '/');
// /this/string
$adjusted = Str::start('/this/string', '/');
// /this/string
Str::startsWith()
The Str::startsWith
method determines if the given
string begins with the given value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::startsWith('This is my name', 'This');
// true
If an array of possible values is passed, the startsWith
method will return true
if the string begins with any of
the given values:
$result = Str::startsWith('This is my name', ['This', 'That', 'There']);
// true
Str::studly()
The Str::studly
method converts the given string to
StudlyCase
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::studly('foo_bar');
// FooBar
Str::substr()
The Str::substr
method returns the portion of string
specified by the start and length parameters:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::substr('The Laravel Framework', 4, 7);
// Laravel
Str::substrCount()
The Str::substrCount
method returns the number of
occurrences of a given value in the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$count = Str::substrCount('If you like ice cream, you will like snow cones.', 'like');
// 2
Str::substrReplace()
The Str::substrReplace
method replaces text within a
portion of a string, starting at the position specified by the third
argument and replacing the number of characters specified by the fourth
argument. Passing 0
to the method's fourth argument will
insert the string at the specified position without replacing any of the
existing characters in the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::substrReplace('1300', ':', 2);
// 13:
$result = Str::substrReplace('1300', ':', 2, 0);
// 13:00
Str::swap()
The Str::swap
method replaces multiple values in the
given string using PHP's strtr
function:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::swap([
'Tacos' => 'Burritos',
'great' => 'fantastic',
], 'Tacos are great!');
// Burritos are fantastic!
Str::title()
The Str::title
method converts the given string to
Title Case
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::title('a nice title uses the correct case');
// A Nice Title Uses The Correct Case
Str::toHtmlString()
The Str::toHtmlString
method converts the string
instance to an instance of Illuminate\Support\HtmlString
,
which may be displayed in Blade templates:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$htmlString = Str::of('Nuno Maduro')->toHtmlString();
Str::ucfirst()
The Str::ucfirst
method returns the given string with
the first character capitalized:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::ucfirst('foo bar');
// Foo bar
Str::ucsplit()
The Str::ucsplit
method splits the given string into an
array by uppercase characters:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$segments = Str::ucsplit('FooBar');
// [0 => 'Foo', 1 => 'Bar']
Str::upper()
The Str::upper
method converts the given string to
uppercase:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::upper('laravel');
// LARAVEL
Str::ulid()
The Str::ulid
method generates a ULID, which is a
compact, time-ordered unique identifier:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
return (string) Str::ulid();
// 01gd6r360bp37zj17nxb55yv40
If you would like to retrieve a
Illuminate\Support\Carbon
date instance representing the
date and time that a given ULID was created, you may use the
createFromId
method provided by Laravel's Carbon
integration:
use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$date = Carbon::createFromId((string) Str::ulid());
Str::uuid()
The Str::uuid
method generates a UUID (version 4):
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
return (string) Str::uuid();
Str::wordCount()
The Str::wordCount
method returns the number of words
that a string contains:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
Str::wordCount('Hello, world!'); // 2
Str::wordWrap()
The Str::wordWrap
method wraps a string to a given
number of characters:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
Str::wordWrap($text, characters: 20, break: "<br />\n");
/*
The quick brown fox<br />
jumped over the lazy<br />
dog.
*/
Str::words()
The Str::words
method limits the number of words in a
string. An additional string may be passed to this method via its third
argument to specify which string should be appended to the end of the
truncated string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
return Str::words('Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.', 3, ' >>>');
// Perfectly balanced, as >>>
Str::wrap()
The Str::wrap
method wraps the given string with an
additional string or pair of strings:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
Str::wrap('Laravel', '"');
// "Laravel"
Str::wrap('is', before: 'This ', after: ' Laravel!');
// This is Laravel!
str()
The str
function returns a new
Illuminate\Support\Stringable
instance of the given string.
This function is equivalent to the Str::of
method:
$string = str('Taylor')->append(' Otwell');
// 'Taylor Otwell'
If no argument is provided to the str
function, the
function returns an instance of Illuminate\Support\Str
:
$snake = str()->snake('FooBar');
// 'foo_bar'
trans()
The trans
function translates the given translation key
using your language files:
echo trans('messages.welcome');
If the specified translation key does not exist, the
trans
function will return the given key. So, using the
example above, the trans
function would return
messages.welcome
if the translation key does not exist.
trans_choice()
The trans_choice
function translates the given
translation key with inflection:
echo trans_choice('messages.notifications', $unreadCount);
If the specified translation key does not exist, the
trans_choice
function will return the given key. So, using
the example above, the trans_choice
function would return
messages.notifications
if the translation key does not
exist.
Fluent Strings
Fluent strings provide a more fluent, object-oriented interface for working with string values, allowing you to chain multiple string operations together using a more readable syntax compared to traditional string operations.
after
The after
method returns everything after the given
value in a string. The entire string will be returned if the value does
not exist within the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::of('This is my name')->after('This is');
// ' my name'
afterLast
The afterLast
method returns everything after the last
occurrence of the given value in a string. The entire string will be
returned if the value does not exist within the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::of('App\Http\Controllers\Controller')->afterLast('\\');
// 'Controller'
append
The append
method appends the given values to the
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Taylor')->append(' Otwell');
// 'Taylor Otwell'
ascii
The ascii
method will attempt to transliterate the
string into an ASCII value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('ü')->ascii();
// 'u'
basename
The basename
method will return the trailing name
component of the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('/foo/bar/baz')->basename();
// 'baz'
If needed, you may provide an "extension" that will be removed from the trailing component:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('/foo/bar/baz.jpg')->basename('.jpg');
// 'baz'
before
The before
method returns everything before the given
value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::of('This is my name')->before('my name');
// 'This is '
beforeLast
The beforeLast
method returns everything before the last
occurrence of the given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::of('This is my name')->beforeLast('is');
// 'This '
between
The between
method returns the portion of a string
between two values:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('This is my name')->between('This', 'name');
// ' is my '
betweenFirst
The betweenFirst
method returns the smallest possible
portion of a string between two values:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('[a] bc [d]')->betweenFirst('[', ']');
// 'a'
camel
The camel
method converts the given string to
camelCase
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('foo_bar')->camel();
// fooBar
classBasename
The classBasename
method returns the class name of the
given class with the class's namespace removed:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$class = Str::of('Foo\Bar\Baz')->classBasename();
// Baz
contains
The contains
method determines if the given string
contains the given value. This method is case sensitive:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$contains = Str::of('This is my name')->contains('my');
// true
You may also pass an array of values to determine if the given string contains any of the values in the array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$contains = Str::of('This is my name')->contains(['my', 'foo']);
// true
containsAll
The containsAll
method determines if the given string
contains all of the values in the given array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$containsAll = Str::of('This is my name')->containsAll(['my', 'name']);
// true
dirname
The dirname
method returns the parent directory portion
of the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('/foo/bar/baz')->dirname();
// '/foo/bar'
If necessary, you may specify how many directory levels you wish to trim from the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('/foo/bar/baz')->dirname(2);
// '/foo'
excerpt
The excerpt
method extracts an excerpt from the string
that matches the first instance of a phrase within that string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$excerpt = Str::of('This is my name')->excerpt('my', [
'radius' => 3
]);
// '...is my na...'
The radius
option, which defaults to 100
,
allows you to define the number of characters that should appear on each
side of the truncated string.
In addition, you may use the omission
option to change
the string that will be prepended and appended to the truncated
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$excerpt = Str::of('This is my name')->excerpt('name', [
'radius' => 3,
'omission' => '(...) '
]);
// '(...) my name'
endsWith
The endsWith
method determines if the given string ends
with the given value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('This is my name')->endsWith('name');
// true
You may also pass an array of values to determine if the given string ends with any of the values in the array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('This is my name')->endsWith(['name', 'foo']);
// true
$result = Str::of('This is my name')->endsWith(['this', 'foo']);
// false
exactly
The exactly
method determines if the given string is an
exact match with another string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('Laravel')->exactly('Laravel');
// true
explode
The explode
method splits the string by the given
delimiter and returns a collection containing each section of the split
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$collection = Str::of('foo bar baz')->explode(' ');
// collect(['foo', 'bar', 'baz'])
finish
The finish
method adds a single instance of the given
value to a string if it does not already end with that value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$adjusted = Str::of('this/string')->finish('/');
// this/string/
$adjusted = Str::of('this/string/')->finish('/');
// this/string/
headline
The headline
method will convert strings delimited by
casing, hyphens, or underscores into a space delimited string with each
word's first letter capitalized:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$headline = Str::of('taylor_otwell')->headline();
// Taylor Otwell
$headline = Str::of('EmailNotificationSent')->headline();
// Email Notification Sent
inlineMarkdown
The inlineMarkdown
method converts GitHub flavored
Markdown into inline HTML using CommonMark. However,
unlike the markdown
method, it does not wrap all generated
HTML in a block-level element:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$html = Str::of('**Laravel**')->inlineMarkdown();
// <strong>Laravel</strong>
is
The is
method determines if a given string matches a
given pattern. Asterisks may be used as wildcard values
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$matches = Str::of('foobar')->is('foo*');
// true
$matches = Str::of('foobar')->is('baz*');
// false
isAscii
The isAscii
method determines if a given string is an
ASCII string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('Taylor')->isAscii();
// true
$result = Str::of('ü')->isAscii();
// false
isEmpty
The isEmpty
method determines if the given string is
empty:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of(' ')->trim()->isEmpty();
// true
$result = Str::of('Laravel')->trim()->isEmpty();
// false
isNotEmpty
The isNotEmpty
method determines if the given string is
not empty:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of(' ')->trim()->isNotEmpty();
// false
$result = Str::of('Laravel')->trim()->isNotEmpty();
// true
isJson
The isJson
method determines if a given string is valid
JSON:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('[1,2,3]')->isJson();
// true
$result = Str::of('{"first": "John", "last": "Doe"}')->isJson();
// true
$result = Str::of('{first: "John", last: "Doe"}')->isJson();
// false
isUlid
The isUlid
method determines if a given string is a
ULID:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('01gd6r360bp37zj17nxb55yv40')->isUlid();
// true
$result = Str::of('Taylor')->isUlid();
// false
isUrl
The isUrl
method determines if a given string is a
URL:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('http://example.com')->isUrl();
// true
$result = Str::of('Taylor')->isUrl();
// false
isUuid
The isUuid
method determines if a given string is a
UUID:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('5ace9ab9-e9cf-4ec6-a19d-5881212a452c')->isUuid();
// true
$result = Str::of('Taylor')->isUuid();
// false
kebab
The kebab
method converts the given string to
kebab-case
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('fooBar')->kebab();
// foo-bar
lcfirst
The lcfirst
method returns the given string with the
first character lowercased:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Foo Bar')->lcfirst();
// foo Bar
length
The length
method returns the length of the given
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$length = Str::of('Laravel')->length();
// 7
limit
The limit
method truncates the given string to the
specified length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$truncated = Str::of('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')->limit(20);
// The quick brown fox...
You may also pass a second argument to change the string that will be appended to the end of the truncated string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$truncated = Str::of('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')->limit(20, ' (...)');
// The quick brown fox (...)
lower
The lower
method converts the given string to
lowercase:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('LARAVEL')->lower();
// 'laravel'
ltrim
The ltrim
method trims the left side of the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of(' Laravel ')->ltrim();
// 'Laravel '
$string = Str::of('/Laravel/')->ltrim('/');
// 'Laravel/'
markdown
The markdown
method converts GitHub flavored Markdown
into HTML:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$html = Str::of('# Laravel')->markdown();
// <h1>Laravel</h1>
$html = Str::of('# Taylor <b>Otwell</b>')->markdown([
'html_input' => 'strip',
]);
// <h1>Taylor Otwell</h1>
mask
The mask
method masks a portion of a string with a
repeated character, and may be used to obfuscate segments of strings
such as email addresses and phone numbers:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('taylor@example.com')->mask('*', 3);
// tay***************
If needed, you may provide negative numbers as the third or fourth
argument to the mask
method, which will instruct the method
to begin masking at the given distance from the end of the string:
$string = Str::of('taylor@example.com')->mask('*', -15, 3);
// tay***@example.com
$string = Str::of('taylor@example.com')->mask('*', 4, -4);
// tayl**********.com
match
The match
method will return the portion of a string
that matches a given regular expression pattern:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('foo bar')->match('/bar/');
// 'bar'
$result = Str::of('foo bar')->match('/foo (.*)/');
// 'bar'
matchAll
The matchAll
method will return a collection containing
the portions of a string that match a given regular expression
pattern:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('bar foo bar')->matchAll('/bar/');
// collect(['bar', 'bar'])
If you specify a matching group within the expression, Laravel will return a collection of that group's matches:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('bar fun bar fly')->matchAll('/f(\w*)/');
// collect(['un', 'ly']);
If no matches are found, an empty collection will be returned.
isMatch
The isMatch
method will return true
if the
string matches a given regular expression:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('foo bar')->isMatch('/foo (.*)/');
// true
$result = Str::of('laravel')->isMatch('/foo (.*)/');
// false
newLine
The newLine
method appends an "end of line" character to
a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::of('Laravel')->newLine()->append('Framework');
// 'Laravel
// Framework'
padBoth
The padBoth
method wraps PHP's str_pad
function, padding both sides of a string with another string until the
final string reaches the desired length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::of('James')->padBoth(10, '_');
// '__James___'
$padded = Str::of('James')->padBoth(10);
// ' James '
padLeft
The padLeft
method wraps PHP's str_pad
function, padding the left side of a string with another string until
the final string reaches the desired length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::of('James')->padLeft(10, '-=');
// '-=-=-James'
$padded = Str::of('James')->padLeft(10);
// ' James'
padRight
The padRight
method wraps PHP's str_pad
function, padding the right side of a string with another string until
the final string reaches the desired length:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$padded = Str::of('James')->padRight(10, '-');
// 'James-----'
$padded = Str::of('James')->padRight(10);
// 'James '
pipe
The pipe
method allows you to transform the string by
passing its current value to the given callable:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$hash = Str::of('Laravel')->pipe('md5')->prepend('Checksum: ');
// 'Checksum: a5c95b86291ea299fcbe64458ed12702'
$closure = Str::of('foo')->pipe(function (Stringable $str) {
return 'bar';
});
// 'bar'
plural
The plural
method converts a singular word string to its
plural form. This function supports any of the languages
support by Laravel's pluralizer:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$plural = Str::of('car')->plural();
// cars
$plural = Str::of('child')->plural();
// children
You may provide an integer as a second argument to the function to retrieve the singular or plural form of the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$plural = Str::of('child')->plural(2);
// children
$plural = Str::of('child')->plural(1);
// child
prepend
The prepend
method prepends the given values onto the
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Framework')->prepend('Laravel ');
// Laravel Framework
remove
The remove
method removes the given value or array of
values from the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Arkansas is quite beautiful!')->remove('quite');
// Arkansas is beautiful!
You may also pass false
as a second parameter to ignore
case when removing strings.
repeat
The repeat
method repeats the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$repeated = Str::of('a')->repeat(5);
// aaaaa
replace
The replace
method replaces a given string within the
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('Laravel 6.x')->replace('6.x', '7.x');
// Laravel 7.x
The replace
method also accepts a
caseSensitive
argument. By default, the
replace
method is case sensitive:
$replaced = Str::of('macOS 13.x')->replace(
'macOS', 'iOS', caseSensitive: false
);
replaceArray
The replaceArray
method replaces a given value in the
string sequentially using an array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = 'The event will take place between ? and ?';
$replaced = Str::of($string)->replaceArray('?', ['8:30', '9:00']);
// The event will take place between 8:30 and 9:00
replaceFirst
The replaceFirst
method replaces the first occurrence of
a given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')->replaceFirst('the', 'a');
// a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
replaceLast
The replaceLast
method replaces the last occurrence of a
given value in a string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')->replaceLast('the', 'a');
// the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
replaceMatches
The replaceMatches
method replaces all portions of a
string matching a pattern with the given replacement string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('(+1) 501-555-1000')->replaceMatches('/[^A-Za-z0-9]++/', '')
// '15015551000'
The replaceMatches
method also accepts a closure that
will be invoked with each portion of the string matching the given
pattern, allowing you to perform the replacement logic within the
closure and return the replaced value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('123')->replaceMatches('/\d/', function (array $matches) {
return '['.$matches[0].']';
});
// '[1][2][3]'
replaceStart
The replaceStart
method replaces the first occurrence of
the given value only if the value appears at the start of the
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('Hello World')->replaceStart('Hello', 'Laravel');
// Laravel World
$replaced = Str::of('Hello World')->replaceStart('World', 'Laravel');
// Hello World
replaceEnd
The replaceEnd
method replaces the last occurrence of
the given value only if the value appears at the end of the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$replaced = Str::of('Hello World')->replaceEnd('World', 'Laravel');
// Hello Laravel
$replaced = Str::of('Hello World')->replaceEnd('Hello', 'Laravel');
// Hello World
rtrim
The rtrim
method trims the right side of the given
string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of(' Laravel ')->rtrim();
// ' Laravel'
$string = Str::of('/Laravel/')->rtrim('/');
// '/Laravel'
scan
The scan
method parses input from a string into a
collection according to a format supported by the sscanf
PHP function:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$collection = Str::of('filename.jpg')->scan('%[^.].%s');
// collect(['filename', 'jpg'])
singular
The singular
method converts a string to its singular
form. This function supports any of the languages
support by Laravel's pluralizer:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$singular = Str::of('cars')->singular();
// car
$singular = Str::of('children')->singular();
// child
slug
The slug
method generates a URL friendly "slug" from the
given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slug = Str::of('Laravel Framework')->slug('-');
// laravel-framework
snake
The snake
method converts the given string to
snake_case
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('fooBar')->snake();
// foo_bar
split
The split
method splits a string into a collection using
a regular expression:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$segments = Str::of('one, two, three')->split('/[\s,]+/');
// collect(["one", "two", "three"])
squish
The squish
method removes all extraneous white space
from a string, including extraneous white space between words:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of(' laravel framework ')->squish();
// laravel framework
start
The start
method adds a single instance of the given
value to a string if it does not already start with that value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$adjusted = Str::of('this/string')->start('/');
// /this/string
$adjusted = Str::of('/this/string')->start('/');
// /this/string
startsWith
The startsWith
method determines if the given string
begins with the given value:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('This is my name')->startsWith('This');
// true
studly
The studly
method converts the given string to
StudlyCase
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('foo_bar')->studly();
// FooBar
substr
The substr
method returns the portion of the string
specified by the given start and length parameters:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Laravel Framework')->substr(8);
// Framework
$string = Str::of('Laravel Framework')->substr(8, 5);
// Frame
substrReplace
The substrReplace
method replaces text within a portion
of a string, starting at the position specified by the second argument
and replacing the number of characters specified by the third argument.
Passing 0
to the method's third argument will insert the
string at the specified position without replacing any of the existing
characters in the string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('1300')->substrReplace(':', 2);
// 13:
$string = Str::of('The Framework')->substrReplace(' Laravel', 3, 0);
// The Laravel Framework
swap
The swap
method replaces multiple values in the string
using PHP's strtr
function:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Tacos are great!')
->swap([
'Tacos' => 'Burritos',
'great' => 'fantastic',
]);
// Burritos are fantastic!
tap
The tap
method passes the string to the given closure,
allowing you to examine and interact with the string while not affecting
the string itself. The original string is returned by the
tap
method regardless of what is returned by the
closure:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('Laravel')
->append(' Framework')
->tap(function (Stringable $string) {
dump('String after append: '.$string);
})
->upper();
// LARAVEL FRAMEWORK
test
The test
method determines if a string matches the given
regular expression pattern:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$result = Str::of('Laravel Framework')->test('/Laravel/');
// true
title
The title
method converts the given string to
Title Case
:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$converted = Str::of('a nice title uses the correct case')->title();
// A Nice Title Uses The Correct Case
trim
The trim
method trims the given string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of(' Laravel ')->trim();
// 'Laravel'
$string = Str::of('/Laravel/')->trim('/');
// 'Laravel'
ucfirst
The ucfirst
method returns the given string with the
first character capitalized:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('foo bar')->ucfirst();
// Foo bar
ucsplit
The ucsplit
method splits the given string into a
collection by uppercase characters:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Foo Bar')->ucsplit();
// collect(['Foo', 'Bar'])
upper
The upper
method converts the given string to
uppercase:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$adjusted = Str::of('laravel')->upper();
// LARAVEL
when
The when
method invokes the given closure if a given
condition is true
. The closure will receive the fluent
string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('Taylor')
->when(true, function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->append(' Otwell');
});
// 'Taylor Otwell'
If necessary, you may pass another closure as the third parameter to
the when
method. This closure will execute if the condition
parameter evaluates to false
.
whenContains
The whenContains
method invokes the given closure if the
string contains the given value. The closure will receive the fluent
string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('tony stark')
->whenContains('tony', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Tony Stark'
If necessary, you may pass another closure as the third parameter to
the when
method. This closure will execute if the string
does not contain the given value.
You may also pass an array of values to determine if the given string contains any of the values in the array:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('tony stark')
->whenContains(['tony', 'hulk'], function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// Tony Stark
whenContainsAll
The whenContainsAll
method invokes the given closure if
the string contains all of the given sub-strings. The closure will
receive the fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('tony stark')
->whenContainsAll(['tony', 'stark'], function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Tony Stark'
If necessary, you may pass another closure as the third parameter to
the when
method. This closure will execute if the condition
parameter evaluates to false
.
whenEmpty
The whenEmpty
method invokes the given closure if the
string is empty. If the closure returns a value, that value will also be
returned by the whenEmpty
method. If the closure does not
return a value, the fluent string instance will be returned:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of(' ')->whenEmpty(function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->trim()->prepend('Laravel');
});
// 'Laravel'
whenNotEmpty
The whenNotEmpty
method invokes the given closure if the
string is not empty. If the closure returns a value, that value will
also be returned by the whenNotEmpty
method. If the closure
does not return a value, the fluent string instance will be
returned:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('Framework')->whenNotEmpty(function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->prepend('Laravel ');
});
// 'Laravel Framework'
whenStartsWith
The whenStartsWith
method invokes the given closure if
the string starts with the given sub-string. The closure will receive
the fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('disney world')->whenStartsWith('disney', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Disney World'
whenEndsWith
The whenEndsWith
method invokes the given closure if the
string ends with the given sub-string. The closure will receive the
fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('disney world')->whenEndsWith('world', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Disney World'
whenExactly
The whenExactly
method invokes the given closure if the
string exactly matches the given string. The closure will receive the
fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('laravel')->whenExactly('laravel', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Laravel'
whenNotExactly
The whenNotExactly
method invokes the given closure if
the string does not exactly match the given string. The closure will
receive the fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('framework')->whenNotExactly('laravel', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Framework'
whenIs
The whenIs
method invokes the given closure if the
string matches a given pattern. Asterisks may be used as wildcard
values. The closure will receive the fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('foo/bar')->whenIs('foo/*', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->append('/baz');
});
// 'foo/bar/baz'
whenIsAscii
The whenIsAscii
method invokes the given closure if the
string is 7 bit ASCII. The closure will receive the fluent string
instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('laravel')->whenIsAscii(function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Laravel'
whenIsUlid
The whenIsUlid
method invokes the given closure if the
string is a valid ULID. The closure will receive the fluent string
instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('01gd6r360bp37zj17nxb55yv40')->whenIsUlid(function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->substr(0, 8);
});
// '01gd6r36'
whenIsUuid
The whenIsUuid
method invokes the given closure if the
string is a valid UUID. The closure will receive the fluent string
instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('a0a2a2d2-0b87-4a18-83f2-2529882be2de')->whenIsUuid(function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->substr(0, 8);
});
// 'a0a2a2d2'
whenTest
The whenTest
method invokes the given closure if the
string matches the given regular expression. The closure will receive
the fluent string instance:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;
$string = Str::of('laravel framework')->whenTest('/laravel/', function (Stringable $string) {
return $string->title();
});
// 'Laravel Framework'
wordCount
The wordCount
method returns the number of words that a
string contains:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
Str::of('Hello, world!')->wordCount(); // 2
words
The words
method limits the number of words in a string.
If necessary, you may specify an additional string that will be appended
to the truncated string:
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$string = Str::of('Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.')->words(3, ' >>>');
// Perfectly balanced, as >>>