More string helpers for PHP (and Laravel).
Require the package in your composer.json file:
"spiegeleye/php-string-plus": "1.3.*"
In your PHP file add use StrPlus\StrPlus; for convenience.
StrPlus::replace_control_chars($replace, $string)
Replaces non-printable control characters in $string with $replace.
StrPlus::single_line($string)
Converts a multi-line text to a text without line breaks or other non-printable characters. Multiple successive spaces are reduced to one sinle space.
StrPlus::function html_to_single_line_text($string)
Converts a HTML formatted block to a plain text one-line string without non-printable characters.
StrPlus::multi_line_text_to_html($string)
Converts a multi-line plain text string to a multi-line HTML string where line breaks become <br> tags.
StrPlus::limit($string, $limit, $end = null, $preserve_words = true)
Limit string to a number of characters and preserve words where possible (optional; default is true). If $end is not set or null the default character … will be used.