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Ensuring Strings Always Begin with a Specific Prefix

Explore how to use Laravel's start helper method to ensure strings always start with a desired prefix. Understand its application in generating hierarchical URLs, dynamic class namespaces, and recursive URL building for nested blog posts in PHP.

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The start helper method

It is the opposite of the finish helper method. It ensures that the provided value always begins with some prefix. This method can be helpful when generating absolute URLs from relative paths, ensuring hierarchical blog post slugs always start with their parent slug, constructing dynamic PHP class names with namespaces, etc.

PHP
<?php
/**
 * Versions: Laravel 8, 9
 *
 * @return string
 */
public static function start(
    string $value,
    string $prefix
);

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