These slides along with the GitHub repository https://github.com/kunal-kursija/dcatl2021 were used to showcase the new PHP 8 string functions at DrupalCamp Atlanta 2021

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PHP 8: String Helpers
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DrupalCamp Atlanta

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Hello!
I am Kunal Kursija
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• Drupal Staff Engineer - @axeleran
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Let’s address the ElePHPant in this room
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Strings
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String Operations
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Problems start with a google search…
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Solutions create confusion
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Solution
Solution Solution
Solution

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PHP check If a string contains…
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if (strpos('DCATL is awesome', 'awesome') !== false)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (substr_count('DCATL is awesome', 'awesome') > 0)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (preg_match('/bawesomeb/', 'DCATL is awesome'))
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (strstr('DCATL is awesome', 'awesome'))
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (count(explode('awesome', 'DCATL is awesome')) > 1)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (in_array('awesome', explode(' ', 'DCATL is awesome')) )
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}

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PHP check If a string starts with…
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if (strpos('DCATL is awesome', 'DCATL') === 0)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (substr( 'DCATL is awesome', 0, 5 ) === "DCATL")
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (substr('DCATL is awesome', 0, strlen('DCATL')) === 'DCATL')
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (preg_match('#^DCATL#', 'DCATL is awesome') === 1)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (strncmp('DCATL is awesome', 'DCATL', 5) === 0)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}

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PHP check If a string ends with…
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if (substr('DCATL is awesome', -7) === 'awesome')
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (preg_match('/awesome$/', 'DCATL is awesome'))
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
$search = explode('awesome', 'DCATL is awesome')
;
if (end($search) == '')
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (strpos(strrev('DCATL is awesome'), strrev('awesome')) === 0)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (!in_array('awesome', explode('awesome', 'DCATL is awesome')) )
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (strrpos('DCATL is awesome', 'awesome') === strlen('DCATL is awesome') - strlen('awesome'))
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}
if (substr_compare('DCATL is awesome', 'awesome', -strlen('awesome')) === 0)
{
echo 'Line ' . __LINE__ . ': ' . "Jackpot! n"
;
}

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PHP 8: String Helpers
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To rescue
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Demo
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Can we get PHP 8 features on Drupal application without having PHP 8?
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https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-php80
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Questions?
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Thank You!
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