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mef\StringInterpolation defines the interface StringInterpolationInterface that describes a method to combine an array of arbitrary data with a string, much like the PHP methods vsprintf and strtr.

The core implementation of PlaceholderInterpolator replaces {0} and {key} with the corresponding values from the context array, but other implementations of the interface are free to use any syntax.

It is recommended that interpolators make use of mef\Stringifier to convert non-string values from the context array into a string.

Examples

PlaceholderInterpolator

<?php
$stringifier = new mef\Stringifier\Stringifier;
$interpolator = new mef\StringInterpolation\PlaceholderInterpolator($stringifier);

echo $interpolator('Hello, {name}!', ['name' => 'Matthew']), PHP_EOL;

echo $interpolator->getInterpolatedString('Index based 0: {0}, 1: {1}', ['one', 'two']), PHP_EOL;

Sample Output:

Hello, Matthew!
Index based 0: one, 1: two

The Stringifier is what is responsible for casting the value in the array to a string. In this case, all values were already strings, so it is a somewhat irrelevant detail. Note that the functor call (first echo) is from the AbstractStringInterpolator, and is not guaranteed to exist in all interpolators since the interface does not require it.

More complete examples are available in the examples directory.

Overview

The mef\StringInterpolation\StringInterpolatorInterface describes two methods:

<?php namespace mef\StringInterpolation;

interface StringInterpolatorInterface
{
	/**
	 * Given a string and an array of context, return a new Interpolation
	 * record, from which the interpolated string and unused context can be
	 * retrieved.
	 *
	 * The implementation details are left undefined.
	 *
	 * @param  string $string  The string to interpolate
	 * @param  array|mef\StringInterpolation\ContextInterface $context
	 *
	 * @return mef\StringInterpolation\InterpolationInterface
	 */
	public function interpolate($string, $context);

	/**
	 * Given a string and an array of context, return a new string with that
	 * context embedded in it.
	 *
	 * This MUST always give the same results as:
	 *
	 * ->interpolate($string, $context)->getString()
	 *
	 * This variation should be optimized when possible, as there's no need to
	 * create an Interpolation object or track unused context.
	 *
	 * @param  string $string  The string to interpolate
	 * @param  array|mef\StringInterpolation\ContextInterface $context
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getInterpolatedString($string, $context);
}

Both methods perform the same underlying operation. getInterpolatedString(...) returns the same thing as interpolate(...)->getString() but is slightly faster since no Interpolation object is created and the context does not need to be updated.

The interpolator object is defined by this interface:

<?php namespace mef\StringInterpolation;

interface InterpolationInterface
{
	/**
	 * The interpolated string.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getString();

	/**
	 * The used context.
	 *
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function getUsedContext();
}

Contexts

The context supplied to an interplator can either be a native PHP array, or an object that implements ContextInterface.

• ArrayContext - Wraps an array into an object that implements the ContextInterface.

Interpolators

• ExpressionInterpolator - Treats {key} and {0} as placeholders, and uses a string interpolator to replace them with the corresponding values from the context array. Values can be filtered through expressions that mutate the output. e.g., {key|uppercase}
• IndirectInterpolator - A decorator that looks up a string format from an ArrayAccess object before passing it to the internal interpolator. Useful for creating a resource bundle.
• PlaceholderInterpolator - Similar to ExpressionInterpolator, but it does not support an expressive syntax.
• PrintFInterpolator - Uses a printf style of interpolation.

License

Copyright (C) 2014 Matthew Leverton

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