Add Str helper to create initials

[whoami15]

Does anyone want this String helper that creates initials of the passed string?

e.g Name

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

Str::of('Taylor Otwell')->initials();
// TO

I can achieve that in Vanilla PHP code using the below code

$words = preg_split("/\s+/", "Taylor Otwell");
$initials = "";

foreach ($words as $w) {
  $initials .= $w[0];
}

[zeematter]

Yes please, is this someone created yet?

[erikn69]

Feel free to make a PR, but Str is Macroable

use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Stringable;

/////

Stringable::macro('initials', function(){
    $words = preg_split("/\s+/", $this);
    $initials = "";

    foreach ($words as $w) {
      $initials .= $w[0];
    }

    return new static($initials);
});
Str::macro('initials', function(string $string){
    return (string) (new Stringable($string))->initials();
});


/* TESTS */
Str::initials('Taylor Otwell');
// TO
(string) Str::of('Taylor Otwell')->initials();
// TO