For example if I have a slug called some-post and when I pass it to that helper it will return Some Post
good question, I've had to just reverse engineer whatever was being passed in as a slug, to return it to the string i wanted.
using
preg_split() - Split string by a regular expression str_split() - Convert a string to an array
if someone has a cleaner quicker way I'm all ears
try this.
$var = 'some-post';
echo ucwords(str_replace('-', ' ', $var));
I did this assuming that the Str::title will be more robust over time
{{ Str::title(str_replace('-', ' ', $slug)) }}
@liamvictor Dude, the last post was two years ago. Why have you dug up and replied to such an outdated thread?
Because this result turns up when you do a search and my comment might help someone else.
... And it helped me now, thanks!
Helped me also... thanks for answering to this threads!
Still appearing in results and helping people :) cheers mate
@martinbean And me today. That's how the internet works, you know :-)
@martinbean I have also been helped 4 years later, kudos
@liamvictor 100% agree
@liamvictor Yeah man, same here
@martinbean @liamvictor Yep - still turning up in results 5 years later, and helped me just now! Thanks!
Why So Toxic This Just Helped Me Too From Google
I'm glad it helped you. It's not very good advice, though. Slugs can't be "reversed" due to loss of information.
@ryanmortier The irony at digging up an old thread to call me “toxic” for calling out someone for digging up an old thread…
My stance on the original problem hasn’t changed. Even after all these years. You can’t reliably get the original text from a slug.
Consider a post with the title “Donald Trump: America’s Next President”. That’s going to get converted to a slug like donald-trump-americas-next-president. Great. So now how are you going to get back the original post title with the correct capitalisation, and punctuation such as the apostrophe and colon? You can’t. That information is gone.
There are archaeologists there :)
Let's add to @liamvictor's ->answer
And go all Laravel helper on this.
{{Str::of($slug)->replace('-', ' ')->title()}}
#archaeologists 🤘
If you are on Laravel 8.x, you can try Str::headline() https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/helpers#method-str-headline
@cactus It’s not going to put back in any punctuation that will have been converted to dashes, though.
Consider “laravels-the-best-php-framework”. You’re going to get back something like “Laravels the Best Php Framework” which will not have been the original title.
@cactus @martinbean thanks to you both - I find myself in a situation where Str::headline will be useful regardless of the punctuation thing!
With a framework like Laravel that constantly updates over time, forum post's like this are super valuable as they appear in search results and remain relevant. Updating them over time is helpful to those who stumble upon them in the future. It's ok and even encouraged to "necro" posts like these :)
@bentz and some appear to promote outdated or just plain bad advice
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