clear-string
string utility package for clearing special characters, (*1)
, (*2)
Install
$ composer require try/clear-string
Usage
<?php
require_once '/path/to/autoload.php';
use TryPhp\stripControlCharacters;
$clearedString = stripControlCharacters("Some Special\nMultiline String");
echo $clearedString; // will output "Some Special Multiline String";
API
Functions
stripControlCharacters($contents)
Function to strip control characters from a string. The function will replace \n and \t with a simple whitespace and remove any other control character (\0, \a, \b, \v, \f,\r, \e). So it cleans up the output and allows a more precise text comparison., (*3)
Arguments
| Argument |
Type |
Description |
| $contents |
string |
The string that will be cleared. |
stripColorCharacters($contents)
Function to remove escape characters (\e) with following color code (e.g. \e[33m) from a string., (*4)
Arguments
| Argument |
Type |
Description |
| $contents |
string |
The string that will be cleared. |
License
GPL-2.0 © Willi Eßer, (*5)