* @author Alex Makarov * @since 2.0 */ class StringHelper { /** * Returns the number of bytes in the given string. * This method ensures the string is treated as a byte array. * It will use `mb_strlen()` if it is available. * @param string $string the string being measured for length * @return integer the number of bytes in the given string. */ public static function strlen($string) { return function_exists('mb_strlen') ? mb_strlen($string, '8bit') : strlen($string); } /** * Returns the portion of string specified by the start and length parameters. * This method ensures the string is treated as a byte array. * It will use `mb_substr()` if it is available. * @param string $string the input string. Must be one character or longer. * @param integer $start the starting position * @param integer $length the desired portion length * @return string the extracted part of string, or FALSE on failure or an empty string. * @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php */ public static function substr($string, $start, $length) { return function_exists('mb_substr') ? mb_substr($string, $start, $length, '8bit') : substr($string, $start, $length); } /** * Converts a word to its plural form. * Note that this is for English only! * For example, 'apple' will become 'apples', and 'child' will become 'children'. * @param string $name the word to be pluralized * @return string the pluralized word */ public static function pluralize($name) { static $rules = array( '/(m)ove$/i' => '\1oves', '/(f)oot$/i' => '\1eet', '/(c)hild$/i' => '\1hildren', '/(h)uman$/i' => '\1umans', '/(m)an$/i' => '\1en', '/(s)taff$/i' => '\1taff', '/(t)ooth$/i' => '\1eeth', '/(p)erson$/i' => '\1eople', '/([m|l])ouse$/i' => '\1ice', '/(x|ch|ss|sh|us|as|is|os)$/i' => '\1es', '/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i' => '\1ies', '/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i' => '\1\2ves', '/(shea|lea|loa|thie)f$/i' => '\1ves', '/([ti])um$/i' => '\1a', '/(tomat|potat|ech|her|vet)o$/i' => '\1oes', '/(bu)s$/i' => '\1ses', '/(ax|test)is$/i' => '\1es', '/s$/' => 's', ); foreach ($rules as $rule => $replacement) { if (preg_match($rule, $name)) { return preg_replace($rule, $replacement, $name); } } return $name . 's'; } /** * Converts a CamelCase name into space-separated words. * For example, 'PostTag' will be converted to 'Post Tag'. * @param string $name the string to be converted * @param boolean $ucwords whether to capitalize the first letter in each word * @return string the resulting words */ public static function camel2words($name, $ucwords = true) { $label = trim(strtolower(str_replace(array('-', '_', '.'), ' ', preg_replace('/(?