ShortPHP Utilities

Utilities add small, reusable behaviours rather than merely renaming PHP functions. Every utility has documentation and a working usage example.
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UTILITYcontains()Arrays
Test whether an array contains a value.
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UTILITYunique()Arrays
Remove duplicate values while preserving first occurrence order.
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UTILITYflatten()Arrays
Flatten nested arrays to a chosen depth.
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UTILITYfind()Arrays
Return the first array item matching a callback.
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UTILITYfind_key()Arrays
Return the key of the first matching array item.
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UTILITYpluck()Arrays
Extract one field from a list of arrays or objects.
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UTILITYpartition()Arrays
Split an array into matching and non-matching items.
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UTILITYsort_by()Arrays
Sort records by a field or property.
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UTILITYset_path()Data
Set a nested array value using dot notation.
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UTILITYhas_path()Data
Check whether a nested dot-notation path exists.
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UTILITYforget()Data
Remove a nested dot-notation array value.
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UTILITYreplace_first()Strings
Replace only the first literal occurrence.
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UTILITYreplace_last()Strings
Replace only the last literal occurrence.
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UTILITYremove()Strings
Remove one or more literal strings.
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UTILITYcollapse_spaces()Strings
Collapse whitespace runs to one space.
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UTILITYwords()Strings
Return at most N whitespace-separated words.
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UTILITYword_count()Strings
Count whitespace-separated words.
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UTILITYexcerpt()Strings
Create a compact, word-aware excerpt.
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UTILITYinitials()Strings
Create initials from a name.
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UTILITYcamel()Strings
Convert text to camelCase.
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UTILITYsnake()Strings
Convert text to snake_case.
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UTILITYkebab()Strings
Convert text to kebab-case.
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UTILITYmask()Security
Mask a string for presentation while retaining selected ends.
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UTILITYclamp()Numbers
Keep a number inside an inclusive range.
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UTILITYis_even()Numbers
Test whether an integer is even.
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UTILITYis_odd()Numbers
Test whether an integer is odd.
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UTILITYto_bool()Validation
Convert common human-readable boolean values.
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UTILITYage()Dates
Calculate whole calendar years from a birth date.
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UTILITYago()Dates
Format a timestamp as relative time.
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UTILITYdays_between()Dates
Return signed whole calendar days between dates.
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UTILITYurl_host()URLs
Extract the host component of a URL.
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UTILITYurl_path()URLs
Extract the path component of a URL.
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UTILITYurl_with()URLs
Add, replace or remove query parameters.
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UTILITYenv_bool()Environment
Read an environment variable as a boolean.
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UTILITYenv_int()Environment
Read an environment variable as an integer.
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UTILITYenv_float()Environment
Read an environment variable as a float.
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UTILITYredact()Security
Recursively replace sensitive array values.
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UTILITYphp_at_least()PHP Runtime
Check whether the running PHP version meets a minimum.
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UTILITYextension_available()PHP Runtime
Check whether a PHP extension is loaded.
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UTILITYtimer_start()Debugging
Start a high-resolution elapsed-time measurement.
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UTILITYtimer_end()Debugging
Return elapsed seconds since timer_start().
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UTILITYdd()Debugging
Dump values and terminate execution. Use only while debugging.
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UTILITYjson_try_decode()JSON
Decode JSON without throwing; return the supplied default on invalid JSON.
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UTILITYjson_try_encode()JSON
Encode JSON without throwing; return the supplied default on failure.
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UTILITYhttp_get()HTTP
Perform a GET request with cURL and return status, headers and body.
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UTILITYhttp_post()HTTP
Perform a POST request with cURL.
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UTILITYhttp_put()HTTP
Perform a PUT request with cURL.
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UTILITYhttp_patch()HTTP
Perform a PATCH request with cURL.
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UTILITYhttp_delete()HTTP
Perform a DELETE request with cURL.
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