the given string, with UTF-8 support. $entities = e('foo'); Determine if the given haystack ends with a given needle. $value = ends_with('This is my name', 'name'); Convert the given string given haystack begins with the given needle. $value = starts_with('This is my name', 'This'); class_basename e ends_with snake_case str_limit starts_with Determine if the given haystack contains $value = str_contains('This is my name', 'my'); Add a single instance of the given needle to the haystack. Remove any extra instances. $string = str_finish('this/string', '/'); // this/string/ Determine