Timber\TextHelper

Class provides different text-related functions commonly used in WordPress development

Class Methods #

close_tags( string $html )

returns: string

Name	Type	Description
$html	`string`

ends_with( string $haystack, string $needle )

returns: boolean

Does the string in question (haystack)

end with the substring in question (needle)?

Name	Type	Description
$haystack	`string`
$needle	`string`

remove_tags( mixed $string, array $tags=array() )

returns: void

Name	Type	Description
$string	`mixed`
$tags	`array`

starts_with( string $haystack, string $needle )

returns: boolean

Name	Type	Description
$haystack	`string`
$needle	`string`

trim_characters( string $text, mixed/int $num_chars=60, string $more="…" )

returns: string trimmed text.

Trims text to a certain number of characters.

This function can be useful for excerpt of the post

As opposed to wp_trim_words trims characters that makes text to

take the same amount of space in each post for example

Name	Type	Description
$text	`string`	Text to trim.
$num_chars	`mixed/int`	Number of characters. Default is 60.
$more	`string`	What to append if $text needs to be trimmed. Defaults to '…'.

trim_words( string $text, mixed/int $num_words=55, mixed/string/null/false $more=null, string $allowed_tags="p a span b i br blockquote" )

returns: string

Name	Type	Description
$text	`string`
$num_words	`mixed/int`
$more	`mixed/string/null/false`	text to appear in "Read more...". Null to use default, false to hide
$allowed_tags	`string`