Silverstripe DBString Extras

Adds extra methods to Silverstripe DBStrings to help manipulate them.

Installation

Composer is the recommended way of installing SilverStripe modules.

composer require gorriecoe/silverstripe-dbstringextras

Requirements

• silverstripe/framework ^4.0

Maintainers

• Gorrie Coe

Documentation

StrReplace

Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string.

PHP

$this->obj('MyString')->StrReplace('Search value', 'Replacement value')

Template

{$MyString.StrReplace('Search value', 'Replacement value')}

Input = Output

Ullamcorper Tellus Search value Egestas
=
Ullamcorper Tellus Replacement value Egestas

Nice

Converts this camel case and hyphenated string to a space separated string.

PHP

$this->obj('MyString')->Nice()

Template

{$MyString.Nice}

Input = Output

UllamCorper1tspHTML_-_Bibendum-egestas-1-1
=
Ullam Corper 1tsp HTML - Bibendum egestas 1-1

Hyphenate

Converts this camel case string to a hyphenated, kebab or spinal case string.

PHP

$this->obj('MyString')->Hyphenate()

Template

{$MyString.Hyphenate}

Input = Output

Ullamcorper Tellus Sollicitudin Bibendum Egestas
=
ullamcorper-tellus-sollicitudin-bibendum-egestas

RemoveSpaces

Removes spaces from this string.

PHP

$this->obj('MyString')->RemoveSpaces()

Template

{$MyString.RemoveSpaces}

Input = Output

Ullamcorper Tellus Sollicitudin Bibendum Egestas
=
UllamcorperTellusSollicitudinBibendumEgestas

Highlight

Converts square brackets [] within this string to a spans with css class.

PHP

$this->obj('MyString')->Highlight()

Template

{$MyString.Highlight}
or
{$MyString.Highlight('MyClass')}

Input = Output

Ullamcorper [Tellus] Sollicitudin Bibendum Egestas
=
Ullamcorper <span class="highlight">Tellus</span> Sollicitudin Bibendum Egestas

SplitLines

Separates this string by lines into an ArrayList.

Template

<% loop MyString.SplitLines %>
    <div>
        {$Line}
    </div>
<% end_loop %>

Input = Output

Maecenas sed diam eget risus varius blandit sit amet non magna.
Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.
=
<div>
    Maecenas sed diam eget risus varius blandit sit amet non magna.
</div>
<div>
    Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.
</div>

Explode

Separates this string by specified the delimiter.

Template

<% loop String.Explode(',') %>
    <li>
        {$Value}
    </li>
<% end_loop %>

Input = Output

Aenean,Purus,Dolor,Magna
=
<li>Aenean</li>
<li>Purus</li>
<li>Dolor</li>
<li>Magna</li>