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Objective multi-byte string handling in PHP.

public API

StringTheory\Type\StringType

The basic string interface.

StringTheory\Type\MbString

Implementation of StringType for multi-byte strings. Default encoding is set to UTF-8.

Example:

use StringTheory\Type;

$string = new Type\MbString( '苍天有' );

echo $string[ 0 ]; // 苍
echo $string[ 2 ]; // 有 
var_dump( isset( $string[ 3 ] ) ); // false

StringTheory\Model\Scanner

Basic scanner interface that allows a character sequential iteration of a string.

StringTheory\Model\MbScanner

Implementation of the Scanner interface for multi-byte strings. Default encoding is set to UTF-8.

Example:

use StringTheory\Model;

$scanner = new Model\MbScanner( 'abc' );

echo $scanner->current(); // a

$scanner->next();
$scanner->next();
echo $scanner->current(); // c

$scanner->previous();
echo $scanner->current(); // b