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String functions

count​

Counts the number of characters in a string

count(string)

date​

An implementation of PHP's date()

date(format, [timestamp])

escape​

Performs an HTML escape of a string

escape(string)

floatval​

An implementation of PHP's floatval()

floatval(value)

includes​

Determine if a string contains a given substring

Arguments:

  • needle - the searched substring
  • haystack - the string to search in.
includes(needle, haystack)

intval​

An implementation of PHP's intval()

intval(value, base = 10)

lower​

Make a string lowercase

lower(string)

limit_characters​

Limits string by characters

limit_characters(string, length, offset = 0)

limit_words​

Limits string by words

limit_words(string, words_count, offset = 0)

match​

Perform a regular expression match

Arguments:

  • pattern - the pattern to search for, as a string.
  • subject - the input string.
match(pattern, subject)

number_format​

An implementation of PHP's number_format()

number_format(number, decimals, decimal_separator, thousands_separator)

sprintf​

An implementation of PHP's sprintf()

sprintf(string, [...arguments])

strtotime​

An implementation of PHP's strtotime()

strtotime(string, [timestamp])

upper​

Make a string uppercase

upper(string)