Class Text

Text handling methods.

Namespace: Cake\Utility
Location: Utility/Text.php

Properties summary

Method Summary

  • _removeLastWord() protected static
    Removes the last word from the input text.
  • _strlen() protected static
    Get string length.
  • _substr() protected static
    Return part of a string.
  • _wordWrap() protected static
    Unicode aware version of wordwrap as helper method.
  • ascii() public static

    Converts the decimal value of a multibyte character string to a string

  • cleanInsert() public static

    Cleans up a Text::insert() formatted string with given $options depending on the 'clean' key in $options. The default method used is text but html is also available. The goal of this function is to replace all whitespace and unneeded markup around placeholders that did not get replaced by Text::insert().

  • excerpt() public static

    Extracts an excerpt from the text surrounding the phrase with a number of characters on each side determined by radius.

  • getTransliteratorId() public static
    Get default transliterator identifier string.
  • highlight() public static

    Highlights a given phrase in a text. You can specify any expression in highlighter that may include the \1 expression to include the $phrase found.

  • insert() public static

    Replaces variable placeholders inside a $str with any given $data. Each key in the $data array corresponds to a variable placeholder name in $str. Example:

    Text::insert(':name is :age years old.', ['name' => 'Bob', 'age' => '65']);

    Returns: Bob is 65 years old.

  • isMultibyte() public static
    Check if the string contain multibyte characters
  • parseFileSize() public static
    Converts filesize from human readable string to bytes
  • setTransliteratorId() public static
    Set default transliterator identifier string.
  • slug() public static

    Returns a string with all spaces converted to dashes (by default), characters transliterated to ASCII characters, and non word characters removed.

  • stripLinks() public static
    Strips given text of all links (<a href=....).
  • tail() public static
    Truncates text starting from the end.
  • toList() public static
    Creates a comma separated list where the last two items are joined with 'and', forming natural language.
  • tokenize() public static

    Tokenizes a string using $separator, ignoring any instance of $separator that appears between $leftBound and $rightBound.

  • transliterate() public static
    Transliterate string.
  • truncate() public static
    Truncates text.
  • truncateByWidth() public static
    Truncate text with specified width.
  • utf8() public static

    Converts a multibyte character string to the decimal value of the character

  • uuid() public static
    Generate a random UUID version 4
  • wordWrap() public static
    Unicode and newline aware version of wordwrap.
  • wrap() public static
    Wraps text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.
  • wrapBlock() public static

    Wraps a complete block of text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.

Method Detail

_removeLastWord()source protected static 

_removeLastWord( string $text )

Removes the last word from the input text.

Parameters

string $text
The input text

Returns

string

_strlen()source protected static 

_strlen( string $text , array $options )

Get string length.

Options:

  • html If true, HTML entities will be handled as decoded characters.
  • trimWidth If true, the width will return.

Parameters

string $text
The string being checked for length
array $options
An array of options.

Returns

integer

_substr()source protected static 

_substr( string $text , integer $start , integer $length , array $options )

Return part of a string.

Options:

  • html If true, HTML entities will be handled as decoded characters.
  • trimWidth If true, will be truncated with specified width.

Parameters

string $text
The input string.
integer $start
The position to begin extracting.
integer $length
The desired length.
array $options
An array of options.

Returns

string

_wordWrap()source protected static 

_wordWrap( string $text , integer $width 72 , string $break "\n" , boolean $cut false )

Unicode aware version of wordwrap as helper method.

Parameters

string $text
The text to format.
integer $width optional 72
The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.
string $break optional "\n"
The line is broken using the optional break parameter. Defaults to '\n'.
boolean $cut optional false
If the cut is set to true, the string is always wrapped at the specified width.

Returns

string
Formatted text.

ascii()source public static 

ascii( array $array )

Converts the decimal value of a multibyte character string to a string

Parameters

array $array
Array

Returns

string

cleanInsert()source public static 

cleanInsert( string $str , array $options )

Cleans up a Text::insert() formatted string with given $options depending on the 'clean' key in $options. The default method used is text but html is also available. The goal of this function is to replace all whitespace and unneeded markup around placeholders that did not get replaced by Text::insert().

Parameters

string $str
String to clean.
array $options
Options list.

Returns

string

See

\Cake\Utility\Text::insert()

excerpt()source public static 

excerpt( string $text , string $phrase , integer $radius 100 , string $ellipsis '...' )

Extracts an excerpt from the text surrounding the phrase with a number of characters on each side determined by radius.

Parameters

string $text
String to search the phrase in
string $phrase
Phrase that will be searched for
integer $radius optional 100
The amount of characters that will be returned on each side of the founded phrase
string $ellipsis optional '...'
Ending that will be appended

Returns

string
Modified string

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/text.html#extracting-an-excerpt

getTransliteratorId()source public static 

getTransliteratorId( )

Get default transliterator identifier string.

Returns

string
Transliterator identifier.

highlight()source public static 

highlight( string $text , string|array $phrase , array $options [] )

Highlights a given phrase in a text. You can specify any expression in highlighter that may include the \1 expression to include the $phrase found.

Options:

  • format The piece of HTML with that the phrase will be highlighted
  • html If true, will ignore any HTML tags, ensuring that only the correct text is highlighted
  • regex A custom regex rule that is used to match words, default is '|$tag|iu'
  • limit A limit, optional, defaults to -1 (none)

Parameters

string $text
Text to search the phrase in.
string|array $phrase
The phrase or phrases that will be searched.
array $options optional []
An array of HTML attributes and options.

Returns

string
The highlighted text

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/text.html#highlighting-substrings

insert()source public static 

insert( string $str , array $data , array $options [] )

Replaces variable placeholders inside a $str with any given $data. Each key in the $data array corresponds to a variable placeholder name in $str. Example:

Text::insert(':name is :age years old.', ['name' => 'Bob', 'age' => '65']);

Returns: Bob is 65 years old.

Available $options are:

  • before: The character or string in front of the name of the variable placeholder (Defaults to :)
  • after: The character or string after the name of the variable placeholder (Defaults to null)
  • escape: The character or string used to escape the before character / string (Defaults to \)
  • format: A regex to use for matching variable placeholders. Default is: /(?<!\\)\:%s/ (Overwrites before, after, breaks escape / clean)
  • clean: A boolean or array with instructions for Text::cleanInsert

Parameters

string $str
A string containing variable placeholders
array $data

A key => val array where each key stands for a placeholder variable name to be replaced with val

array $options optional []
An array of options, see description above

Returns

string

isMultibyte()source public static 

isMultibyte( string $string )

Check if the string contain multibyte characters

Parameters

string $string
value to test

Returns

boolean

parseFileSize()source public static 

parseFileSize( string $size , mixed $default false )

Converts filesize from human readable string to bytes

Parameters

string $size
Size in human readable string like '5MB', '5M', '500B', '50kb' etc.
mixed $default optional false
Value to be returned when invalid size was used, for example 'Unknown type'

Returns

mixed
Number of bytes as integer on success, $default on failure if not false

Throws

InvalidArgumentException
On invalid Unit type.

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/text.html#Cake\Utility\Text::parseFileSize

setTransliteratorId()source public static 

setTransliteratorId( string $transliteratorId )

Set default transliterator identifier string.

Parameters

string $transliteratorId
Transliterator identifier.

slug()source public static 

slug( string $string , array $options [] )

Returns a string with all spaces converted to dashes (by default), characters transliterated to ASCII characters, and non word characters removed.

Options:

  • replacement: Replacement string. Default '-'.
  • transliteratorId: A valid tranliterator id string. If default null Text::$_defaultTransliteratorId to be used. If false no transliteration will be done, only non words will be removed.
  • preserve: Specific non-word character to preserve. Default null. For e.g. this option can be set to '.' to generate clean file names.

Parameters

string $string
the string you want to slug
array $options optional []

If string it will be use as replacement character or an array of options.

Returns

string

stripLinks()source public static 

stripLinks( string $text )

Strips given text of all links (<a href=....).

Warning This method is not an robust solution in preventing XSS or malicious HTML.

Deprecated

3.2.12 This method will be removed in 4.0.0

Parameters

string $text
Text

Returns

string
The text without links

tail()source public static 

tail( string $text , integer $length 100 , array $options [] )

Truncates text starting from the end.

Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the first characters with the ellipsis if the text is longer than length.

Options:

  • ellipsis Will be used as Beginning and prepended to the trimmed string
  • exact If false, $text will not be cut mid-word

Parameters

string $text
String to truncate.
integer $length optional 100
Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
array $options optional []
An array of options.

Returns

string
Trimmed string.

toList()source public static 

toList( array $list , string|null $and null , string $separator ', ' )

Creates a comma separated list where the last two items are joined with 'and', forming natural language.

Parameters

array $list
The list to be joined.
string|null $and optional null
The word used to join the last and second last items together with. Defaults to 'and'.
string $separator optional ', '
The separator used to join all the other items together. Defaults to ', '.

Returns

string
The glued together string.

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/text.html#converting-an-array-to-sentence-form

tokenize()source public static 

tokenize( string $data , string $separator ',' , string $leftBound '(' , string $rightBound ')' )

Tokenizes a string using $separator, ignoring any instance of $separator that appears between $leftBound and $rightBound.

Parameters

string $data
The data to tokenize.
string $separator optional ','
The token to split the data on.
string $leftBound optional '('
The left boundary to ignore separators in.
string $rightBound optional ')'
The right boundary to ignore separators in.

Returns

array|string
Array of tokens in $data or original input if empty.

transliterate()source public static 

transliterate( string $string , string|null $transliteratorId null )

Transliterate string.

Parameters

string $string
String to transliterate.
string|null $transliteratorId optional null

Transliterator identifier. If null Text::$_defaultTransliteratorId will be used.

Returns

string

See

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/transliterator.transliterate.php

truncate()source public static 

truncate( string $text , integer $length 100 , array $options [] )

Truncates text.

Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the last characters with the ellipsis if the text is longer than length.

Options:

  • ellipsis Will be used as ending and appended to the trimmed string
  • exact If false, $text will not be cut mid-word
  • html If true, HTML tags would be handled correctly
  • trimWidth If true, $text will be truncated with the width

Parameters

string $text
String to truncate.
integer $length optional 100
Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
array $options optional []
An array of HTML attributes and options.

Returns

string
Trimmed string.

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/text.html#truncating-text

truncateByWidth()source public static 

truncateByWidth( string $text , integer $length 100 , array $options [] )

Truncate text with specified width.

Parameters

string $text
String to truncate.
integer $length optional 100
Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
array $options optional []
An array of HTML attributes and options.

Returns

string
Trimmed string.

See

\Cake\Utility\Text::truncate()

utf8()source public static 

utf8( string $string )

Converts a multibyte character string to the decimal value of the character

Parameters

string $string
String to convert.

Returns

array

uuid()source public static 

uuid( )

Generate a random UUID version 4

Warning: This method should not be used as a random seed for any cryptographic operations. Instead you should use the openssl or mcrypt extensions.

Returns

string
RFC 4122 UUID

See

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt

Copyright

Matt Farina MIT License https://github.com/lootils/uuid/blob/master/LICENSE

wordWrap()source public static 

wordWrap( string $text , integer $width 72 , string $break "\n" , boolean $cut false )

Unicode and newline aware version of wordwrap.

Parameters

string $text
The text to format.
integer $width optional 72
The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.
string $break optional "\n"
The line is broken using the optional break parameter. Defaults to '\n'.
boolean $cut optional false
If the cut is set to true, the string is always wrapped at the specified width.

Returns

string
Formatted text.

wrap()source public static 

wrap( string $text , array|integer $options [] )

Wraps text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.

Options

  • width The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.
  • wordWrap Only wrap on words breaks (spaces) Defaults to true.
  • indent String to indent with. Defaults to null.
  • indentAt 0 based index to start indenting at. Defaults to 0.

Parameters

string $text
The text to format.
array|integer $options optional []
Array of options to use, or an integer to wrap the text to.

Returns

string
Formatted text.

wrapBlock()source public static 

wrapBlock( string $text , array|integer $options [] )

Wraps a complete block of text to a specific width, can optionally wrap at word breaks.

Options

  • width The width to wrap to. Defaults to 72.
  • wordWrap Only wrap on words breaks (spaces) Defaults to true.
  • indent String to indent with. Defaults to null.
  • indentAt 0 based index to start indenting at. Defaults to 0.

Parameters

string $text
The text to format.
array|integer $options optional []
Array of options to use, or an integer to wrap the text to.

Returns

string
Formatted text.

Properties detail

$_defaultTransliteratorIdsource

protected static string

Default transliterator id string.

Param

string $_defaultTransliteratorId Transliterator identifier string.
'Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII; [\u0080-\u7fff] remove'

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