Welcome to the first episode of a new "Creator Spotlight" video series where we interview Laravel developers about the things they are creating. Today we talk with Matt Stenson who created a Laravel Advanced String package that adds extra advanced string manipulation methods to the built-in Str class. This package provides extended functionality on strings, such as advanced password generation, data redaction, and more.

#Available Methods

The String methods this package includes are:

#advPassword

Generates a random, secure password.

public static function advPassword(
    $length = 32,
    $letters = true,
    $numbers = true,
    $symbols = true,
    $spaces = false,
    $upperLetters = false,
    $lowerLetters = false,
    $exclude = []
)

#charWrap

Wraps a string at a given number of characters regardless of words.

public static function charWrap(
    $string,
    $length = 80
)

#emailDomain

Extracts the domain part of an email address, including subdomains.

public static function emailDomain(
    $string
)

#readTime

Calculates the read time of a string.

public static function readTime(
    $string,
    $wpm = 200
)

#redactCreditCard

Redacts credit card numbers in a string.

public static function redactCreditCard(
    $string,
    $redacted = '********',
    $exclude = []
)

#redactSsn

Redacts Social Security Numbers (SSN) in a string.

public static function redactSsn(
    $string,
    $redacted = '********',
    $dashes = true,
    $noDashes = true
)

#splitName

Splits a full name into first name, middle name (if present), and last name, removing any prefixes and suffixes. This method can handle both "Firstname Lastname" and "Lastname, Firstname" formats.

public static function splitName(
    $name
)

#More information

For more info check out the Github Repo for installation details, API docs, and more.