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Using Laravel for Advanced String Manipulation in PHP

Gain insights into advanced PHP string manipulation with Laravel. Delve into character encodings, Laravel string helpers, parsing methods, and regular expressions to enhance your web development projects efficiently.

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In this course, you’ll dive deep into advanced PHP string manipulation techniques using the Laravel framework, empowering you to handle complex data formats efficiently and enhance your web development projects. You’ll start by exploring the fundamentals of character encodings and Laravel’s string helpers. Next, you’ll delve into formatting, logical operations, padding methods, word manipulation, and parsing methods, gaining hands-on experience applying these techniques within Laravel applications. You’ll discover how to leverage regular expressions, fixed-width data parsing, and HTML manipulation for more sophisticated string processing tasks. You’ll finish with practical exercises and real-world examples, honing your skills in Gherkin parsing, Markov chains, and Blade directive validation. After completing this course, you’ll have developed a comprehensive understanding of advanced string manipulation in PHP with Laravel, equipped to tackle diverse challenges and elevate your web development endeavors.

In this course, you’ll dive deep into advanced PHP string manipulation techniques using the Laravel framework, empowering you to...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

An understanding of Laravel’s string helper functions for various string manipulation tasks

Working knowledge of regular expressions syntax and its application in PHP for text processing and pattern matching

Hands-on experience accessing individual characters in UTF-8 strings and managing character encodings effectively

An understanding of Blade directive validation and working with HTML parsing techniques in PHP applications

Familiarity with applied techniques, such as writing a Gherkin parser and utilizing Markov chains for text generation

Hands-on experience formatting strings using different casing conventions such as camel, kebab, and snake cases

An understanding of Laravel’s string helper functions for various string manipulation tasks

Content

166 Lessons15 Quizzes

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with advanced string manipulation in PHP using Laravel 9 and PHP 8.

Introduction

PHP and Laravel Version

What Are Strings?

12 Lessons

Look at the fundamentals of strings, character encodings, and efficient string manipulation in PHP.

A Brief History of Character Encodings

Unicode and UTF-8

Implementing Upper and Lowercase Functions

Iterating Multibyte Strings

Iterating UTF-8 Strings

Accessing Individual Characters in a UTF-8 String

Managing Character Encodings

Types of PHP Strings

Backticks and Laravel String Helpers

Quiz Yourself on Strings

Challenge: Iterating UTF-32 strings

Solution: Iterating UTF-32 Strings

Fluent Strings

2 Lessons

Examine the enhanced string methods and conditional logic in Laravel's Fluent Strings.

Converting Fluent String Objects to Strings

Conditional String Logic

The Formatting Helper Methods

17 Lessons

Apply your skills to advanced string manipulation in PHP using Laravel's helper methods.

Formatting Strings with Camel Casing

Formatting Headlines

Formatting Strings with Kebab Casing

Lowercasing the First Character of a String

Creating Lowercase Variants of Strings

Reversing the Characters of a String

Creating a URL Friendly Slug From a Title

Formatting Strings with Snake Casing

Removing Extra Whitespace from a String

Formatting Strings with Studly Casing

Formatting Strings with Title Casing

Uppercasing the First Character of a String

Generating Uppercased Variants of Strings

Counting the Number of Words in a String

Quiz Yourself on Formatting Helper Methods

Challenge: The Formatting Helper Methods

Solution: The Formating Helper Methods

The Logical Helper Methods

6 Lessons

Take a look at Laravel's logical helper methods for advanced string manipulation.

Checking If a String Contains Another String

Checking If a String Contains Multiple Substrings

Checking If a String Ends with Another String

Checking If a String Starts with Another String

Checking If a String Contains Only ASCII Characters

Quiz Yourself on Logical Helper Methods

The Construction Helper Methods

19 Lessons

Focus on mastering Laravel's helper methods for advanced string manipulation.

Transliterating Characters to ASCII

Generating Excerpts of Text

Ensuring a String Always Ends with a Given String

Calculating String Length

Truncating Strings

Obscuring Parts of a String

Generating Pseudorandom Strings

Removing Substrings or Characters from Strings

Repeating Strings and Characters

Replacing Substrings

Sequentially Replacing Substrings in a String

Replacing the First Occurrence of a Substring or Character

Replacing the Last Occurrence of a Substring or Character

Ensuring Strings Always Begin with a Specific Prefix

Replacing a Key/Value Pair of Strings within a String

Splitting Strings on Uppercase Characters

Quiz Yourself on Construction Helper Methods

Challenge: Robust Text Processing Module

Solution: Robust Text Processing Module

The Extraction Helper Methods

13 Lessons

Master the steps to extract, manipulate, and count string segments using Laravel's helper methods.

Returning Part of a String after Another String or Character

Returning a Substring after the Last Occurrence of a String

Returning Part of a String before Another String or Character

Retrieving All Content before the Last Occurrence of a Substring

Retrieving Content between Two Search Strings

Retrieving the Smallest Amount of Content between Two Strings

Limiting the Number of Words in a String

Getting Portions of a String

Counting Occurrences of a Search String

Replacing Strings within a Portion of an Existing String

Quiz Yourself on Extraction Helper Methods

Challenge: Text Manipulation Application

Solution: Text Manipulation Application

Padding Strings

4 Lessons

Learn how to use Laravel's string padding methods for flexible formatting and aligning tasks.

Padding the Beginning of Strings

Padding the End of Strings

Padding Both Sides of a String

Quiz Yourself on Padding Strings

String Translations and Extension

5 Lessons

Solve challenges with Laravel's string translations, variable replacements, item management, and string extension methods.

Working with Variable Replacements

Managing the Ranges of Items

Singular and Plural Word Forms

Extending Strings with Macros and Mixins

Quiz Yourself on String Translations

10.

Lines and Words

18 Lessons

Examine advanced Laravel techniques for string manipulation, focusing on lines, words, and indentation control.

Introduction to Lines and Words

Positions, Lines, and Columns

Splitting Strings into Words

Counting Word Occurrences

Finding Frequent and Repeated Words

Stop Words

Constructing Initialisms and Acronyms

Calculating Estimated Reading Time

Locating Words at Arbitrary Positions

Locating Neighbouring Words and Characters

Retrieving Adjacent Lines

Managing Text Indentation

Implementing an IndentationManager Class

Quiz Yourself on Lines and Words

Challenge: Determining the Number of Spaces per Indentation

Solution: Determining the Number of Spaces per Indentation

Challenge: Counting the Number of Unique Words

Solution: Counting the Number of Unique Words

11.

Applied Techniques: Writing a Gherkin Parser

22 Lessons

Break down complex ideas for writing Gherkin parsers, managing parsing steps, localization, and scenarios in Laravel.

Modeling Gherkin

A Gherkin Lexer

Implementation of Gherkin Comments

Parsing Names

Parsing Step Text

Parsing Gherkin Descriptions

Parsing Scenario Tags

Parsing Step Parameters

Parsing Doc Strings

Parsing Gherkin Tables

Parsing Scenario Examples

Parsing Steps

Implementing Our Gherkin Parser: Parsing a Single Scenario

Parsing Scenario Outlines

Parsing Multiple Scenarios

Parsing Rules

Parsing Features

Adding Localization Support to the Gherkin Parser

Other Applications of Indentation-Based Parsers

Quiz Yourself on Applied Techniques of a Gherkin Parser

Challenge: Loading Locales from an External Source

Solution: Loading Locales from an External Source

12.

Markov Chains and Text Generation

4 Lessons

Solve problems in Markov chains for automated text generation with Laravel.

Writing a Markov Text Generator

Weighted Randomised Selection

Improving Our Text Generator

Quiz Yourself on Markov Chains and Text Generation

13.

Fixed Width Data Parsing

7 Lessons

Tackle data conversions, updating records, managing truncation, and storing large data in fixed-width formats.

Managing Data Conversions I

Managing Data Conversions II

Updating an Individual Record’s Values

Techniques for Managing Text Truncation

Quiz Yourself on Fixed Width Data Parsing

Challenge: Storing Arbitrarily Large Amounts of Data

Solution: Storing Arbitrarily Large Amounts of Data

14.

Splitting Strings

12 Lessons

Practice using advanced techniques for splitting and parsing strings in Laravel and PHP.

Basic String Splitting

Splitting Strings Using Regular Expressions

Extracting YAML Frontmatter from Documents

Parsing Single-File Components

Splitting Input Containing Substrings with the Delimiter

Splitting Strings Using Cursors

Implementing the Strings Cursor

Creating a String Cursor Using Additional Utility Methods

A Simple PHP Tokenizer

Working with SQL-Style Strings

Splitting Strings Containing Paired Brackets

Quiz Yourself on Splitting Strings

15.

Applied Techniques: A Blade Directive Validator

8 Lessons

Step through creating and validating a robust Laravel Blade directive validator.

Scaffolding the Parser Implementation

Parsing Blade Directives

Parsing Directive Parameters

Validating Blade Directives

Quiz Yourself on the Blade Directive Validator

Challenge: Parsing Blade Echos

Solution: Parsing Blade Echos

16.

Working with HTML

8 Lessons

Discover the logic behind efficiently manipulating and parsing HTML documents with embedded languages in Laravel.

Reversing Double Encoded HTML Entities

Working with Embedded Languages

Parsing Fragmented HTML Documents

Parsing HTML Attributes and Parameters

Analyzing Fragmented HTML Documents

Quiz Yourself on Working with HTML

Challenge: Add a Class List to a Specific Paragraph

Solution: Add a Class List to a Specific Paragraph

17.

Regular Expressions

5 Lessons

Examine the syntax, types, and practical applications of regular expressions in Laravel.

Regular Expression Syntax Primer

Analyzing Different Types of Regular Expressions

Quiz Yourself on Regular Expressions

Challenge: Adjust the Pattern to Return the Required Matches

Solution: Adjust the Pattern To Return the Required Matches

18.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of advanced PHP string manipulation with Laravel, including text analysis and validation.

Wrap Up

19.

Appendix

1 Lessons

Take a closer look at Laravel's construction methods and supported language codes for string tasks.

Appendix A

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

John Koster

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