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<?php
/**
 * This file contains the TextHelper class.
 *
 * PHP Version 5.3
 *
 * @category Text
 * @package Text
 * @author Gonzalo Chumillas <gonzalo@soloproyectos.com>
 * @license https://raw.github.com/soloproyectos/core/master/LICENSE BSD 2-Clause License
 * @link https://github.com/soloproyectos/core
 */
namespace com\soloproyectos\common\text;

/**
 * Class TextHelper.
 *
 * @category Text
 * @package Text
 * @author Gonzalo Chumillas <gonzalo@soloproyectos.com>
 * @license https://raw.github.com/soloproyectos/core/master/LICENSE BSD 2-Clause License
 * @link https://github.com/soloproyectos/core
 */
class TextHelper
{
   
/**
     * Is the string empty?
     *
     * <p>This function checks if a given variable is an empty string.
     * For example:</p>
     *
     * <pre>// empty string examples
     * TextHelper::isEmpty(''); // returns true
     * TextHelper::isEmpty(null); // returns true
     * TextHelper::isEmpty('testing'); // returns false
     * TextHelper::isEmpty(0); // returns false (as 0 is not a string)
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param string $str A string
     *
     * @return boolean
     */
   
public static function isEmpty($str)
    {
        return
$str === null || is_string($str) && strlen($str) == 0;
    }
   
   
/**
     * Concatenates strings.
     *
     * <p>This function concatenates several strings into a new one, using the
     * $glue parameter. It ignores empty strings. For example:</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * // prints 'John, Maria, Mohamad'
     * echo TextHelper::concat(', ', 'John', '', 'Maria', null, 'Mohamad');
     * // prints 'John'
     * echo TextHelper::concat(', ', 'John');
     * // in this case we are using an array as second argument
     * echo TextHelper::concat('|', array('one', 'two', 'three'));
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param string $glue Separator
     *
     * @return string
     */
   
public static function concat($glue)
    {
       
$ret = "";
       
$args = array();
       
$len = func_num_args();
       
        for (
$i = 1; $i < $len; $i++) {
           
$value = func_get_arg($i);
           
$values = is_array($value)? array_values($value) : array($value);
           
$args = array_merge($args, $values);
        }

        foreach (
$args as $arg) {
            if (
TextHelper::isempty($arg)) {
                continue;
            }
           
            if (
strlen($ret) > 0) {
               
$ret .= $glue;
            }
           
           
$ret .= $arg;
        }

        return
$ret;
    }
   
   
/**
     * Removes left spaces from a multiline string.
     *
     * This function removes left spaces from a multiline string, so the first line
     * starts at the first column. It would be the equivalent to 'align to left' in
     * a text editor.
     *
     * @param string $str Multiline string
     *
     * @return string
     */
   
public static function trimText($str)
    {
       
$ret = "";
       
$str = preg_replace("/\t/", " ", $str);
       
$lines = explode("\n", $str);
       
$len = count($lines);

       
// start index.
        // ignores initial empty lines.
       
$i0 = 0;
        for (
$i = 0; $i < $len; $i++) {
           
$line = $lines[$i];
           
$trimLine = trim($line);
            if (
strlen($trimLine) > 0) {
               
$i0 = $i;
                break;
            }
        }

       
// final index.
        // ignores final empty lines.
       
$i1 = count($lines) - 1;
        for (
$i = $len - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
           
$line = $lines[$i];
           
$trimLine = trim($line);
            if (
strlen($trimLine) > 0) {
               
$i1 = $i;
                break;
            }
        }

       
// calculates spaces to remove
       
$spaces = PHP_INT_MAX;
        for (
$i = $i0; $i <= $i1; $i++) {
           
$line = $lines[$i];
           
$leftTrimLine = ltrim($line);
           
$spaces = min($spaces, strlen($line) - strlen($leftTrimLine));
        }

       
// removes left spaces
       
for ($i = $i0; $i <= $i1; $i++) {
           
$line = $lines[$i];
           
$ret = TextHelper::concat("\n", $ret, substr($line, $spaces));
        }

        return
$ret;
    }
}