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.

Intermediate

166 Lessons

50h

Certificate of Completion

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This course includes

193 Playgrounds

15 Quizzes

This course includes

193 Playgrounds

15 Quizzes

Course Overview

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 ...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

What You'll Learn

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

Course Content

Introduction

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

Introduction

PHP and Laravel Version

What Are Strings?

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

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

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

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.

The Extraction Helper Methods

13 Lessons

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

Padding Strings

4 Lessons

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

String Translations and Extension

5 Lessons

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

10.

Lines and Words

18 Lessons

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

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.

12.

Markov Chains and Text Generation

4 Lessons

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

13.

Fixed Width Data Parsing

7 Lessons

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

14.

Splitting Strings

12 Lessons

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

15.

Applied Techniques: A Blade Directive Validator

8 Lessons

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

16.

Working with HTML

8 Lessons

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

17.

Regular Expressions

5 Lessons

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

18.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

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

19.

Appendix

1 Lesson

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

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