A collection of useful PHP functions, mini classes and snippets that you need or could use every day.
composer require jbzoo/utils:"1.x-dev" # Last version
composer require jbzoo/utils # Stable versionuse JBZoo\Utils\Arr;
// This is faster version than the builtin array_unique()
Arr::unique($array, $keepKeys = false)
// Check is key exists with stric mode
Arr::key($key, $array)
// Check is value exists in the array
Arr::in($key, array $array)
// Returns the first element in an array.
Arr::first(array $array)
// Returns the last element in an array.
Arr::last(array $array)
// Returns the first key in an array.
Arr::firstKey(array $array)
// Returns the last key in an array.
Arr::lastKey(array $array)
// Flatten a multi-dimensional array into a one dimensional array.
Arr::flat(array $array, $preserve_keys = true)
// Searches for a given value in an array of arrays, objects and scalar values. You can optionally specify
// a field of the nested arrays and objects to search in.
Arr::search(array $array, $search, $field = false)
// Returns an array containing all the elements of arr1 after applying
// the callback function to each one.
Arr::mapDeep(array $array, $callback, $onNoScalar = false)
// Clean array by custom rule
Arr::clean($haystack)
// Clean array before serialize to JSON
Arr::cleanBeforeJson(array $array)
// Check is array is type assoc
Arr::isAssoc($array)
// Add cell to the start of assoc array
Arr::unshiftAssoc(array &$array, $key, $value)
// Get one field from array of arrays (array of objects)
Arr::getField($arrayList, $fieldName = 'id')
// Group array by key
Arr::groupByKey(array $arrayList, $key = 'id')
// Recursive array mapping
Arr::map($function, $array)
// Sort an array by keys based on another array
Arr::sortByArray(array $array, array $orderArray)
// Add some prefix to each key
Arr::addEachKey(array $array, $prefix)
// Convert assoc array to comment style
Arr::toComment(array $data)
// Wraps its argument in an array unless it is already an array
Arr::wrap($object)use JBZoo\Utils\Cli;
// Is command line
Cli::check()
// Print line to std out (or echo)
Cli::out($message, $addEol = true)
// Print line to std error (or echo)
Cli::err($message, $addEol = true)
// Execute cli command with Symfony Process Component
Cli::exec($command, $args = array(), $cwd = null, $verbose = false)
// Build params for cli
Cli::build($command, $args = array())
// Returns true if STDOUT supports colorization.
Cli::hasColorSupport()
// Returns the number of columns of the terminal.
Cli::getNumberOfColumns()
// Returns if the file descriptor is an interactive terminal or not.
Cli::isInteractive($fileDescriptor = self::STDOUT)use JBZoo\Utils\Dates;
Dates::MINUTE // 60 seconds
Dates::HOUR // 3600 (60 * 60)
Dates::DAY // 86400 (60 * 60 * 24)
Dates::WEEK // 604800 (60 * 60 * 24 * 7)
Dates::MONTH // 2592000 (60 * 60 * 24 * 30)
Dates::YEAR // 31536000 (60 * 60 * 24 * 365)
Dates::SQL // Y-m-d H:i:s
// Convert to timestamp
Dates::toStamp($time, $currentIsDefault = true)
// Factory to create DateTime object from string, timestamp etc
Dates::factory($time = null, $timeZone = null)
// Return a DateTimeZone object based on the current timezone.
Dates::timezone($timezone = null)
// Check if string is date
Dates::is($date)
// Convert time for sql format
Dates::sql($time = null)
// To human readable format
Dates::human($date, $format = 'd M Y H:i')
// Returns true if date passed is within this week
Dates::isThisWeek($time)
// Returns true if date passed is within this month
Dates::isThisMonth($time)
// Returns true if date passed is within this year
Dates::isThisYear($time)
// Returns true if date passed is tomorrow
Dates::isTomorrow($time)
// Returns true if date passed is today
Dates::isToday($time)
// Returns true if date passed was yesterday
Dates::isYesterday($time)use JBZoo\Utils\Filter;
// Apply some filters to variable
Filter::_($value, 'slug, trim, cmd');
// Apply custom filter to variable
Filter::_($source, function ($value) {
$value = str_replace('-', '_', $value);
return $value;
}));
// Converts many english words that equate to true or false to boolean.
Filter::bool($string)
// Smart convert any string to float with round
Filter::float($value, $round = 10)
// Smart convert any string to int
Filter::int($value)
// Return only digits chars
Filter::digits($value)
// Return only alpha chars
Filter::alpha($value)
// Return only alpha and digits chars
Filter::alphanum($value)
// Return only chars for base64
Filter::base64($value)
// Remove whitespaces
Filter::path($value)
// Remove whitespaces
Filter::trim($value)
// Cleanup array
Filter::arr($value, $filter = null)
// Cleanup system command
Filter::cmd($value)
// Validate email
Filter::email($email)
// Get safe string
Filter::strip($string)
// Get safe string
Filter::alias($string)
//First char to upper, other to lower
Filter::ucfirst($string)
//Convert words to PHP Class name (CamelCase)
Filter::className($string)use JBZoo\Utils\FS;
// Returns the file permissions as a nice string, like -rw-r--r-- or false if the file is not found.
FS::perms($file, $perms = null)
// Removes a directory (and its contents) recursively.
FS::rmdir($dir, $traverseSymlinks = false)
// Binary safe to open file
FS::openFile($filepath)
// Quickest way for getting first file line
FS::firstLine($filepath)
// Set the writable bit on a file to the minimum value that allows the user running PHP to write to it.
FS::writable($filename, $writable = true)
// Set the readable bit on a file to the minimum value that allows the user running PHP to read to it.
FS::readable($filename, $readable = true)
// Set the executable bit on a file to the minimum value that allows the user running PHP to read to it.
FS::executable($filename, $executable = true)
// Returns size of a given directory in bytes.
FS::dirSize($dir)
// Returns all paths inside a directory.
FS::ls($dir)
// Nice formatting for computer sizes (Bytes).
FS::format($bytes, $decimals = 0)
// Get file extention
FS::ext($path)
// Get basename
FS::base($path)
// Get file name
FS::filename($path)
// Get dirname
FS::dirname($path)
// Get full real path if file or dir exists
FS::real($path)
// Function to strip additional / or \ in a path name.
FS::clean($path, $dirSep = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
// Strip off the extension if it exists.
FS::stripExt($path)
// Check is current path directory (not file)
FS::isDir($path)
// Check is current path regular file (not dir)
FS::isFile($path)use JBZoo\Utils\Http;
// Transmit headers that force a browser to display the download file dialog.
// Cross browser compatible. Only fires if headers have not already been sent.
Http::download($filename, $content = false)
// Sets the headers to prevent caching for the different browsers.
// Different browsers support different nocache headers, so several
// headers must be sent so that all of them get the point that no caching should occur
Http::nocache()
// Returns the IP address of the client.
Http::IP($trustProxy = false)
// Transmit UTF-8 content headers if the headers haven't already been sent.
Http::utf8($content_type = 'text/html')
// Get all HTTP headers from $_SERVER
// @see https://github.com/symfony/http-foundation/blob/master/ServerBag.php
Http::getHeaders()use JBZoo\Utils\Image;
// Check required GD library
Image::checkGD($thowException = true)
// Check is extention or mime have JPEG format
Image::isJpeg($format)
// Check is extention or mime have GIF format
Image::isGif($format)
// Check is extention or mime have PNG format
Image::isPng($format)
// Converts a hex color value to its RGB equivalent
Image::normalizeColor($origColor)
// Ensures $value is always within $min and $max range.
// If lower, $min is returned. If higher, $max is returned.
Image::range($value, $min, $max)
// Same as PHP's imagecopymerge() function, except preserves alpha-transparency in 24-bit PNGs
// @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecopymerge.php#88456
Image::imageCopyMergeAlpha($dstImg, $srcImg, array $dist, array $src, array $srcSizes, $opacity)
// Check opacity value (0 to 100)
Image::opacity($opacity)
// Convert opacity value to alpha (0 to 127)
Image::opacity2Alpha($opacity)
// Validate color id (0 to 255)
Image::color($color)
// Validate alpha channel value (0 to 127)
Image::alpha($color)
// Validate rotate degree (-360 to 360)
Image::rotate($color)
// Validate brightness value (-255 to 255)
Image::brightness($brightness)
// Validate contrast value (-100 to 100)
Image::contrast($contrast)
// Validate colorize id (-255 to 255)
Image::colorize($colorize)
// Validate smooth force (1 to 10)
Image::smooth($smooth)
// Validate blur passes (1 to 10)
Image::blur($blur)
// Validate percent value (0 to 100)
Image::percent($percent)
// Validate image quality (0 to 100)
Image::quality($percent)
// Convert base64 to binary data
Image::strToBin($imageString)
// Check variable is a GD resource
Image::isGdRes($image)
// Validate position name
Image::position($position)
// Determine position box that contained in big box by position name and offsets
Image::getInnerCoords($position, array $canvas, array $box, array $offset)
// Add alpha chanel and blending to image resource
Image::addAlpha($image, $isBlend = true)use JBZoo\Utils\Ser;
// Check value to find if it was serialized.
// If $data is not an string, then returned value will always be false. Serialized data is always a string.
Ser::is($data)
// Serialize data, if needed.
Ser::maybe($data)
// Unserialize value only if it is serialized.
Ser::maybeUn($data)
// Unserializes partially-corrupted arrays that occur sometimes. Addresses
// specifically the `unserialize(): Error at offset xxx of yyy bytes` error.
Ser::fix($brokenSerializedData)use JBZoo\Utils\Slug;
// Converts any accent characters to their equivalent normal characters and converts any other non-alphanumeric
// characters to dashes, then converts any sequence of two or more dashes to a single dash. This function generates
// slugs safe for use as URLs, and if you pass true as the second parameter, it will create strings safe for
// use as CSS classes or IDs.
Slug::filter($string, $separator = '-', $cssMode = false)
// Checks to see if a string is utf8 encoded.
// NOTE: This function checks for 5-Byte sequences, UTF8 has Bytes Sequences with a maximum length of 4.
Slug::seemsUTF8($string)
// Transliterates characters to their ASCII equivalents.
// Part of the URLify.php Project <https://github.com/jbroadway/urlify/>
// @see https://github.com/jbroadway/urlify/blob/master/URLify.php
Slug::downcode($text, $language = '')
// Converts all accent characters to ASCII characters.
// If there are no accent characters, then the string given is just returned.
Slug::removeAccents($string, $language = '')use JBZoo\Utils\Str;
// Strip all witespaces from the given string.
Str::stripSpace($string)
// Parse text by lines
Str::parseLines($text, $toAssoc = true)
// Make string safe
// - Remove UTF-8 chars
// - Remove all tags
// - Trim
Str::clean($string, $toLower = false, $addslashes = false)
// Convert >, <, ', " and & to html entities, but preserves entities that are already encoded.
Str::htmlEnt($string, $encodedEntities = false)
// Get unique string
Str::unique($prefix = 'unique')
// Generate ridable random string
Str::random($length = 6, $isReadable = true)
// Pads a given string with zeroes on the left.
Str::zeroPad($number, $length)
// Truncate a string to a specified length without cutting a word off.
Str::truncateSafe($string, $length, $append = '...')
// Truncate the string to given length of characters.
Str::limitChars($string, $limit = 100, $append = '...')
// Truncate the string to given length of words.
Str::limitWords($string, $limit = 100, $append = '...')
// Check if a given string matches a given pattern.
Str::like($pattern, $string, $caseSensitive = true)
// Converts any accent characters to their equivalent normal characters
Str::slug($text = '', $isCache = false)
// Check is mbstring oeverload standard functions
Str::isOverload()
// Check is mbstring loaded
Str::isMBString()
// Get string length (check mbstring)
Str::len($string)
// Find position of first occurrence of string in a string (check mbstring)
Str::pos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0)
// Find position of last occurrence of a string in a string (check mbstring)
Str::rpos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0)
// Finds position of first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive (check mbstring)
Str::ipos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0)
// Finds first occurrence of a string within another (check mbstring)
Str::strstr($haystack, $needle, $beforeNeedle = false)
// Finds first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive (check mbstring)
Str::istr($haystack, $needle, $beforeNeedle = false)
// Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another (check mbstring)
Str::rchr($haystack, $needle, $part = null)
// Get part of string (check mbstring)
Str::sub($string, $start, $length = 0)
// Make a string lowercase (check mbstring)
Str::low($string)
// Make a string uppercase (check mbstring)
Str::up($string)
// Count the number of substring occurrences (check mbstring)
Str::subCount($haystack, $needle)
// Checks if the $haystack starts with the text in the $needle. (check mbstring)
Str::isStart($haystack, $needle, $caseSensitive = false)
// Checks if the $haystack ends with the text in the $needle. Case sensitive. (check mbstring)
Str::isEnd($haystack, $needle, $caseSensitive = false)
// Extend version to remove whitespaces
Str::trim($value)
// Escape string before save it as xml content
Str::escXml($string)
// Escape UTF-8 strings
Str::esc($string)
// Convert camel case to human readable format
Str::splitCamelCase($input, $separator = '_', $toLower = true)
// Generates a universally unique identifier (UUID v4) according to RFC 4122
Str::uuid()use JBZoo\Utils\Sys;
// Check is current OS Windows
Sys::isWin()
// Check is current user ROOT
Sys::isRoot()
// Returns a home directory of current user.
Sys::getHome()
// Alias fo ini_set function
Sys::iniSet($varName, $newValue)
// Alias fo ini_get function
Sys::iniGet($varName)
// Check is function exists and callable
Sys::isFunc($funcName)
// Set PHP execution time limit
Sys::setTime($newLimit = -1)
// Set new memory limit
Sys::setMemory($newLimit = '256M')
// Check PHP version
Sys::isPHP($version, $current = PHP_VERSION)
// Get usage memory in KB format
Sys::getMemory($isPeak = true)use JBZoo\Utils\Url;
// Add or remove query arguments to the URL.
Url::addArg(array $newParams, $uri = null)
// Return the current URL.
Url::current()
// Return the current path
Url::path()
// Return current root URL
Url::root()
// Build http query
Url::build(array $queryParams)
// Build a URL. The parts of the second URL will be merged into the first according to the flags argument.
Url::buildAll($url, $parts = array(), $flags = self::URL_REPLACE, &$newUrl = array())
// Checks to see if the page is being server over SSL or not
Url::isHttps($trustProxyHeaders = false)
// Removes an item or list from the query string.
Url::delArg($keys, $uri = null)
// Turns all of the links in a string into HTML links.
// Part of the LinkifyURL Project <https://github.com/jmrware/LinkifyURL>
Url::parseLink($text)
// Convert file path to relative URL
Url::pathToRel($path)
// Convert file path to absolute URL
Url::pathToUrl($path)use JBZoo\Utils\Vars;
// Access an array index, retrieving the value stored there if it exists or a default if it does not.
// This function allows you to concisely access an index which may or may not exist without raising a warning.
Vars::get(&$var, $default = null)
// Return true if the number is within the min and max.
Vars::isIn($number, $min, $max)
// Is the current value even?
Vars::isEven($number)
// Is the current value negative; less than zero.
Vars::isNegative($number)
// Is the current value odd?
Vars::isOdd($number)
// Is the current value positive; greater than or equal to zero.
Vars::isPositive($number, $zero = true)
// Limits the number between two bounds.
Vars::limit($number, $min, $max)
// Increase the number to the minimum if below threshold.
Vars::min($number, $min)
// Decrease the number to the maximum if above threshold.
Vars::max($number, $max)
// Return true if the number is outside the min and max.
Vars::out($number, $min, $max)use JBZoo\Utils\Email;
// Is being always validated the email. Including DNS check for MX records.
// Can be a string or an array of emails. Always return an array with valid emails.
Email::check('test@gmail.com');
Email::check(array('test@gmail.com', 'test@hotmail.com'));
Email::getDomain('test@gmail.com');
Email::getDomain(array('test@gmail.com', 'test@hotmail.com'));
// It only can be an array of emails
Email::getDomainSorted(array('test@gmail.com', 'test@hotmail.com'));use JBZoo\Utils\Timer;
// Formats the elapsed time as a string.
Timer::format($time);
Timer::formatMS($time); // Only ms format
// Formats the elapsed time since the start of the request as a string.
Timer::timeSinceStart();
// Get request time
Timer::getRequestTime();use JBZoo\Utils\Env;
// Returns an environment variable.
Env::get($name, $options = self::VAR_STRING);
// Converts the type of values like "true", "false", "null" or "123".
Env::convert($value, $options = self::VAR_STRING);
// Returns true when Xdebug is supported or the runtime used is PHPDBG (PHP >= 7.0).
Env::canCollectCodeCoverage();
// Returns the path to the binary of the current runtime. Appends ' --php' to the path when the runtime is HHVM.
Env::getBinary();
// PHP Name and version
Env::getNameWithVersion();
// Get PHP Name
Env::getName();
// Get PHP Version
Env::getVersion();
// Returns true when the runtime used is PHP and Xdebug is loaded.
Env::hasXdebug();
// Returns true when the runtime used is HHVM.
Env::isHHVM();
// Returns true when the runtime used is PHP without the PHPDBG SAPI.
Env::isPHP();
// Returns true when the runtime used is PHP with the PHPDBG SAPI.
Env::isPHPDBG();
// Returns true when the runtime used is PHP with the PHPDBG SAPI and the phpdbg_*_oplog() functions are available (PHP >= 7.0).
Env::hasPHPDBGCodeCoverage();- utilphp - https://github.com/brandonwamboldt/utilphp
- PHPBinString - https://github.com/Grandt/PHPBinString
- URLify for PHP - https://github.com/jbroadway/urlify
- LinkifyURL Project https://github.com/jmrware/LinkifyURL
- http://www.phpexperts.pro
- http://stackoverflow.com/a/11709412/430062
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8321620/array-unique-vs-array-flip
- http://shiflett.org/blog/2006/mar/server-name-versus-http-host
- https://github.com/joomla-framework/string
- Askar (ARACOOL) https://github.com/ARACOOOL
- Sebastian Bergmann https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-timer
- Sebastian Bergmann https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/environment
- Oscar Otero https://github.com/oscarotero/env
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