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String Helper

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The String Helper file contains functions that assist in working with strings.

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Loading this Helper

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This helper is loaded using the following code:

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The following functions are available:

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random_string()

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Generates a random string based on the type and length you specify. Useful for creating passwords or generating random hashes.

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The first parameter specifies the type of string, the second parameter specifies the length. The following choices are available:

- - alpha, alunum, numeric, nozero, unique, md5, encrypt and sha1 -

alpha: A string with lower and uppercase letters only.
alnum: Alpha-numeric string with lower and uppercase characters.
numeric: Numeric string.
nozero: Numeric string with no zeros.
unique: Encrypted with MD5 and uniqid(). Note: The length parameter is not available for this type. - Returns a fixed length 32 character string.
sha1: An encrypted random number based on do_hash() from the security helper.

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Usage example:

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increment_string()

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Increments a string by appending a number to it or increasing the number. Useful for creating "copies" or a file or duplicating database content which has unique titles or slugs.

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Usage example:

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echo increment_string('file', '_'); // "file_1"

-echo increment_string('file', '-', 2); // "file-2"

-echo increment_string('file-4'); // "file-5"

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alternator()

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Allows two or more items to be alternated between, when cycling through a loop. Example:

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for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)

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-    echo alternator('string one', 'string two');

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You can add as many parameters as you want, and with each iteration of your loop the next item will be returned.

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for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)

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-    echo alternator('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five');

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Note: To use multiple separate calls to this function simply call the function with no arguments to re-initialize.

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repeater()

Generates repeating copies of the data you submit. Example:

$string = "\n";

-echo repeater($string, 30);

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The above would generate 30 newlines.

reduce_double_slashes()

Converts double slashes in a string to a single slash, except those found in http://. Example:

$string = "http://example.com//index.php";

-echo reduce_double_slashes($string); // results in "http://example.com/index.php"

trim_slashes()

Removes any leading/trailing slashes from a string. Example:
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- $string = "/this/that/theother/"; -echo trim_slashes($string); // results in this/that/theother

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reduce_multiples()

Reduces multiple instances of a particular character occuring directly after each other. Example:


-$string="Fred, Bill,, Joe, Jimmy";

-$string=reduce_multiples($string,","); //results in "Fred, Bill, Joe, Jimmy"
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The function accepts the following parameters: -reduce_multiples(string: text to search in, string: character to reduce, boolean: whether to remove the character from the front and end of the string) - -The first parameter contains the string in which you want to reduce the multiplies. The second parameter contains the character you want to have reduced. -The third parameter is FALSE by default; if set to TRUE it will remove occurences of the character at the beginning and the end of the string. Example: - --$string=",Fred, Bill,, Joe, Jimmy,"; -$string=reduce_multiples($string, ", ", TRUE); //results in "Fred, Bill, Joe, Jimmy" - -

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quotes_to_entities()

Converts single and double quotes in a string to the corresponding HTML entities. Example:

$string="Joe's \"dinner\"";

-$string=quotes_to_entities($string); //results in "Joe&#39;s &quot;dinner&quot;"
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strip_quotes()

Removes single and double quotes from a string. Example:

$string="Joe's \"dinner\"";

-$string=strip_quotes($string); //results in "Joes dinner"
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alternator()

CodeIgniter User Guide Version 2.0.3

String Helper

Loading this Helper

random_string()

increment_string()

alternator()

repeater()

reduce_double_slashes()

trim_slashes()

reduce_multiples()

quotes_to_entities()

strip_quotes()