kuz/text

Some handy text processing utilities

Kuz Text Utilities

, _(*1)

This is a simple PHP class that adds a few helper methods for performing different actions on text. Nothing too fancy, but should be helpful to someone other than me., _(*2)

Installation

Use Composer. Seriously., _(*3)

$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar require kuz/text
$ php composer.phar install

Kuz\Text::format()

string Kuz\Text::format( string $subject , array $replacements [, string $prefix = ':'] )

The Text::format() method is similar to PHP's native sprintf or vsprintf functions, but more fun to use., _(*4)

Replace named placeholders

$subject = 'My name is :name, and I am a :title.';
$replacements = ['name' => 'Aaron', 'title' => 'Code Monkey'];

echo Kuz\Text::format($subject, $replacements);
// My name is Aaron, and I am a Code Monkey.

Replace numeric placeholders

$subject = 'My name is :0, and I am a :1.';
$replacements = ['Aaron', 'Code Monkey'];

echo Kuz\Text::format($subject, $replacements);
// My name is Aaron, and I am a Code Monkey.

Replace multiple occurrences

$subject = ':0 plus :0 equals :1';
$replacements = [3, 6];

echo Kuz\Text::format($subject, $replacements);
// 3 plus 3 equals 6

Use custom identifiers

$subject = 'My name is %name, and I am a %title.';
$replacements = ['name' => 'Aaron', 'title' => 'Code Monkey'];

echo Kuz\Text::format($subject, $replacements, '%');
// My name is Aaron, and I am a Code Monkey.

Kuz\Text::nl2p()

string Kuz\Text::nl2p( string $text [, bool $xhtml = false] )

The Text::nl2p() method takes PHP's nl2br function a step further, by wrapping blocks of text in <p></p> tags., _(*5)

Basic usage example

$text = <<<EOD
Hello.

This is some placeholder text. It should be a new paragraph.

As should this.



As should this.
But this one has a line break as well.
EOD;

echo Kuz\Text::nl2p($text);
// <p>Hello.</p>
//
// <p>This is some placeholder text. It should be a new paragraph.</p>
//
// <p>As should this.</p>
//
// <p>As should this.<br>
// But this one has a line break as well.</p>

Want XHTML style <br> tags?

$text = <<<EOD
This is a paragraph...
With a line break!
EOD;

echo Kuz\Text::nl2p($text, true);
// <p>This is a paragraph...<br />
// With a line break!</p>